Ifeoma Joy Okorie reports: South Africa’s Information Regulator has issued an enforcement notice to Meta’s social platform, WhatsApp. This formal directive requires the messaging app to comply with data protection laws. The notice follows the regulator’s preliminary report, which found that WhatsApp applies different terms of service and privacy policies for European users compared to…
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Appeal court sides with privacy watchdog in long-running Facebook case
The Canadian Press reports: A panel of judges says Facebook broke federal privacy law by failing to adequately inform users of the risks to their data upon signing up to the popular social media platform. The Federal Court of Appeal found that Facebook, now known as Meta, did not obtain the meaningful consent required by…
Google hit with European privacy probe over its AI system
Clothilde Goujard reports: The Irish privacy watchdog opened an investigation Thursday into one of Google’s artificial intelligence systems, marking a new step in European regulators’ escalating fight with tech firms over the development of new technology. The Irish Data Protection Commission said Google may not have evaluated how and if its gathering of Europeans’ personal…
Germany enacts stricter requirements for the processing of Health Data using Cloud-Computing – with potential side effects for Medical Research with Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
Dr. Dr. Adem Koyuncu & Maximilian Aretz of Covington and Burling write: On 1 July 2024, Germany has enacted stricter requirements for the processing of health data when using cloud-computing services. The new Section 393 SGB V aims to establish a uniform standard for the use of cloud-computing services in the statutory healthcare system which covers around 90%…