From the good folks at EPIC.org: EPIC has filed an amicus brief in Bozzi v. City of Jersey City urging the New Jersey Supreme Court to protect the privacy of personal information in government records. The case concerns a business owner’s request under New Jersey’s open records law for names and home addresses that residents were required to provide…
Category: Laws
Data Protection Commission announces decision in Twitter inquiry
15th December 2020 The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced a conclusion to a GDPR investigation it conducted into Twitter International Company. The DPC’s investigation commenced in January, 2019 following receipt of a breach notification from Twitter and the DPC has found that Twitter infringed Article 33(1) and 33(5) of the GDPR in terms…
U.S. health officials propose changes to medical privacy rules to smooth info sharing in crises
AP reports: Urged on by hospitals, doctors and patients, U.S. health officials are proposing changes to medical privacy rules that could ease information sharing in crisis situations. Trump administration officials at the Department of Health and Human Services say their proposal, being released Thursday, adapts lessons learned from the opioid epidemic and the coronavirus pandemic….
Spain: The right to be forgotten, again.
DLA Piper writes: When it comes to privacy, Spain has a very special connection with the right to be forgotten. After all, the epic battles in the administrative and judicial struggle started in Spain between Facebook and Mr Mario Costeja played a significant role in shaping what is now the erasure right enshrined in the…