David Estcourt and Rachel Eddie report: The Law Institute of Victoria has asked the Andrews government to withdraw a bill, which would centralise the medical records of every patient in the public health system, over privacy concerns and because patients cannot opt out of the scheme. […] Under the plan, patients would have no ability…
Category: Non-U.S.
France Enacts New Law on Parental Controls
Kristof Van Quathem, Alix Bertrand, and Nicholas Shepherd of Covington and Burling write: On March 2, 2022, following a fast-track legislative process in the French National Assembly and Senate, President Macron of France signed into law a new piece of legislation designed to reinforce parental controls over minors’ access to the Internet (the “Law”) (see…
Facial recognition: Italian SA fines Clearview AI €20 million; Bans use of biometric data and monitoring of Italian data subjects
From Italy’s data protection agency, this press release today: The Italian SA (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) fined the US-based company Clearview AI EUR 20 million after finding it applied what amounted to biometric monitoring techniques also to individuals in the Italian territory. The company reportedly owns a database including over 10 billion…
VPNs: Russia Forces Google to Delete Masses of Links Amid Ukraine Invasion
Russia has been regularly fining Google, Facebook, and other U.S. platforms for not removing links that link to material that supposedly violates Russian law. But with the invasion of Ukraine, the censorship has escalated dramatically. I had started watching and testing it a bit a few days ago, too — to see what sites I…