DLA Piper writes: Followers of Privacy Matters will be familiar with the case of Lloyd v Google LLC, which raises important issues as to the recoverability of compensation for breaches of data protection law, and is likely to be pivotal to the mass claims landscape in the UK. The case went before the UK’s Supreme Court…
Category: Non-U.S.
Spreading personal data to become a criminal offence in the Netherlands
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…
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…