Rory Carroll reports: When Graham Dwyer was convicted of murder in 2015 it was a triumph for Ireland’s police and judicial system. The architect had committed what prosecutors called “very nearly the perfect murder” but he was caught and sentenced to life in prison thanks to a meticulous investigation. Five years later, however, the conviction risks unravelling over…
Category: Laws
Canada: Watch out, GDPR – Canada proposes strict new privacy law framework backed by significant fines
Arlan Gates, Theo Ling, and Karina Kudinova of Baker McKenzie write: In November 2020, Canada introduced new federal privacy legislation that, if adopted, will create one of the strictest data protection regimes in the world, accompanied by some of the most severe financial penalties, rivalling the standards in Europe and California. Companies with a connection…
New York bans facial recognition in schools until at least 2022
Colin Wood reports: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation on Tuesday making his state the first to ban the use of facial recognition technology and other biometric technology in both public and private K-12 schools. The new law places a moratorium on schools purchasing or using biometric technology until at least July 1, 2022…
Policy Brief: Location Data Under Existing Privacy Laws
Stacey Gray, FPF Senior Counsel, and Pollyanna Sanderson, FPF Policy Counsel, write: Defining and regulating location data in a privacy law can be an elusive challenge. In part, this is due to its ubiquity in our lives: information about how devices and people move through spaces over time is utilized by Wi-Fi networks, smartphones, mobile…