One year after the Privacy Act 2020 took effect in New Zealand, this report investigates the impact of mandatory privacy breach reporting. Unsurprisingly, breach reporting increased significantly, although currently less than half of entities do report within the mandatory 72 hours timeframe: From 1 December 2020 it became mandatory to notify the Office of the…
Category: Non-U.S.
Ca: Statement from BC Information and Privacy Commissioner regarding Special Committee’s recommended changes to the Personal Information Protection Act
VICTORIA—Information and Privacy Commissioner Michael McEvoy issued the following statement in response to the final report of the Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA): “I am strongly encouraged by the work of the Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act. They chart a way forward to strengthen the protection…
Ie: Irish Regulator Submits Draft Decision on Instagram’s Use of Children’s Data
Robert Bateman reports: The Irish data regulator has submitted a draft decision about Instagram’s user registration process to other EU data protection authorities, bringing the total number of ongoing Irish investigations into Meta (formerly Facebook) companies to three. In a 7 Dec. news release on its website, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) said it was submitting the…
Au: Where does the anti-trolling Bill take us, if anywhere at all? Bye-bye Voller?
Alex Tharby and Tracy Cole write: On September 8, 2021, the High Court delivered the landmark Voller decision, dismissing appeals by media outlets against the decision of the New South Wales Supreme Court which held that the news media and users of social media and other internet platforms may be held liable for content posted by others to their…