The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today announced its provisional intent to impose a potential fine of just over £17 million on Clearview AI Inc – a company that describes itself as the ‘World’s Largest Facial Network’. In addition, the ICO has issued a provisional notice to stop further processing of the personal data of…
Category: Non-U.S.
As critics warn of genetic ‘surveillance’, RCMP explores use of DNA matching in criminal probes
Catharine Tunney reports: … While law enforcement’s use of genetic genealogy has been credited with advancing and solving cold cases, it’s also raising ethical questions about how police are taking advantage of the at-home DNA testing trend. “There have been some pretty big wins with this technology, but the downsides are pretty big as well,” said Brenda McPhail,…
Beware ‘anti-trolling’ legislation that is just another attempt to increase surveillance and strip you of privacy and free speech
The Age reports: The federal government has proposed new laws to unmask anonymous online trolls and to make social media companies that publish the defamatory posts of third parties liable. Under the new regime, a social media company would be legally responsible for defamatory posts unless they revealed to the victim the identity of the trolls. Companies…
Privacy and Reputational Harm – Jeevan Hariharan
Jeevan Hariharan writes: Next week, on 30 November and 1 December 2021, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in ZXC v Bloomberg LP. The case gives the court an opportunity to answer one of the most important questions which has emerged in English privacy law in recent years: does a person who has not been…