Tarek Khanachet, Julie Teperow, and Antonio Michaelides of Covington & Burling write: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has recently issued its first comprehensive national data protection law. The Personal Data Protection Law will enter into force on March 23, 2022 and regulates the collection, processing and use of personal data in the Kingdom. Organizations with…
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NZ: December 2021 Insights Report – Privacy Breach Reporting
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…
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…