The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has filed a Notice of Application in the Federal Court seeking a declaration that Facebook has contravened Canada’s federal private sector privacy law. The application follows a joint investigation last year by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British…
Category: Laws
EPIC Urges Congress to Suspend Face Surveillance
From the folks at EPIC.org: In advance of a hearing on the Department of Homeland Security’s use of facial recognition technology. EPIC urged Congress to suspend the use of facial recognition for mass surveillance. EPIC explained that an individual’s ability to control disclosure of identity “is an essential aspect of personal security and privacy.” EPIC provided to the House…
That’s Your Opinion, but is it Personal Data?
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: Are opinions about someone personal data? Ireland’s Data Protection Commission explains. Key takeaways: An opinion can include personal data. If the opinion is not recorded — GDPR does not apply. If made or recorded for someone’s “purely personal or household” activities, with no connection to a professional or commercial activity,…
BULLETIN: HIPAA Privacy and Novel Coronavirus — from HHS OCR
In light of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is providing this bulletin to ensure that HIPAA covered entities and their business associates are aware of the ways that patient information may be shared under the HIPAA Privacy Rule in…