DutchNews.nl reports: The Netherlands is to make ‘doxing’ – sharing personal details such as addresses and telephone numbers on the internet without permission – a criminal offence, justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus has told MPs in a briefing. The minister has drawn up draft legislation which will impose a maximum sentence of a year in prison…
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China’s Shenzhen City Enacted Regional Data Regulation
Manuel Torres and Zhang, Dun of Garrigues write: Shenzhen, the leading financial and production center for China and home of many Chinese internet and tech giants such as Huawei, Tencent and DJI, enacted its regional data protection law, ‘Data Regulation of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone’ (Shenzhen Data Regulation) on June 29, 2021. Shenzhen Data…
Twitter appoints resident grievance officer in India to comply with new internet rules
Manish Singh reports: Twitter has appointed a resident grievance officer in India days after the American social media firm said to have lost the liability protection on user-generated content in the South Asian nation over non-compliance with local IT rules. On Sunday, Twitter identified Vinay Prakash as its new resident grievance officer and shared a way to contact him…
UK: Privacy Is Still a Victim When Rape Cases Hit the Justice System
Amanda Taub reports: Things were supposed to be different this time, Brooke thought in disbelief as the police officer demanded that she hand over every scrap of data on her phone to investigators — not because she was suspected of a crime, but because she was the victim of one. Years earlier, a man who…