Andy Maxwell writes: […] Registering on Russian internet platforms using foreign email systems such as Gmail or Apple will soon be prohibited. That’s just a prelude to further restrictions coming into force in the weeks before Christmas 2023. No Anonymity, No Privacy Starting December, Russian online platforms will be required by law to verify the…
Category: Non-U.S.
NHS Staff Reprimanded For WhatsApp Data Sharing
Phil Muncaster reports: An NHS trust has been reprimanded by the UK’s data protection regulator after it was discovered that staff had been sharing patient details on an unapproved app for two years. Some 26 staff at NHS Lanarkshire accessed the WhatsApp group between April 2020 and April 2022, entering sensitive patient data including names,…
Kr: PIPC Imposes a New Round of Sanctions against Meta Inc, Meta Ireland, and Instagram
July 27, 2023 (This is an unofficial and modified translation from a Korean-language press release.) On July 26, the Personal Information Protection Commission (“PIPC”) held a plenary meeting and reached a decision to impose administrative fines of approximately KRW 6.5 billion (approx. USD 5.1 million) against Meta Platforms, Ireland Limited (“Meta Ireland”) and KRW 886…
Say Goodbye to Permissionless Travel
Matt Welch writes: Once upon a time, citizens of the United States could travel to almost every country in the European Union for 90 days without asking any government for permission beyond showing a passport at the initial point of entry. It was—and still is, for a few waning months—a marvelous if underacknowledged achievement for…