There’s a litigation update about a privacy breach case previously noted on this site. TORONTO, July 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Between January 1, 2017 and December 13, 2018, Dr. Martin Jugenburg (the self-styled “Dr. 6ix”) operated surveillance video cameras throughout his clinic, the Toronto Cosmetic Surgery Institute, located in the toney Fairmont Royal York Hotel….
Category: Non-U.S.
‘Deeply alarmed’: China now ahead of U.S. on privacy law
Alexandra S. Levine reports: The Covid-19 pandemic has heightened digital surveillance around the world. But in China, where citizens had already been subjected to mass tracking by the government, the crisis helped expand an authoritarian system that has been refined and cemented as the norm. Yet, as the Chinese surveillance state grows, so does public pushback….
UK: ICO publishes annual tracking research
77% of people say protecting their personal information is essential, research commissioned by the ICO has found. The survey of over 2,000 individuals monitors changes in what people think about data protection and freedom of information, and how they utilise their information rights. This has been especially important during the pandemic where the public and…
Lithuanian DPA: Fine Imposed on a Sports Club for Infringements of the GDPR in Processing of Fingerprints of the Customers and Employees
The State Data Protection Inspectorate (SDPI) has carried out an investigation into processing of biometric personal data in a sports club and imposed a fine in the amount of EUR 20,000 on VS FITNESS UAB for the identified infringements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The fine was imposed for infringements of the provisions…