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…
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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…
At: Newspaper forced to unmask commenters prevails at rights court
Molly Quell reports: Austria was wrong to force a daily newspaper to hand over information about anonymous website commenters, Europe’s top rights court ruled Tuesday. The European Court of Human Rights sided with Der Standard, finding anonymous comments critical of politicians on the newspaper’s website were covered by freedom of expression. It says Austrian authorities were…