Akshaya Asokan reports: Data privacy legislation modifying European data protection law the United Kingdom adopted before leaving the trading bloc in 2020 is now the only law in the country to leave the European Union. The Data Use and Access Bill gained royal assent Thursday after multiple years of consideration in Parliament under different guises, but always…
Category: Non-U.S.
Officials defend Liberal bill that would force hospitals, banks, hotels to hand over data
Maybe they should change their name and not call themselves “Liberal” anymore? Catharine Tunney reports from Canada: The Liberal government’s proposed border bill would empower police and the country’s spy agency to seek information from a wide range of service providers — including medical professionals, banks and car rental companies — without a warrant, government…
Norwegian Data Protection Authority’s findings on tracking pixels: 6 cases
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority has carried out an inspection of six websites’ use of tracking pixels. All of the websites unlawfully shared personal data of website visitors with third parties, and in several of the cases, the personal data shared were of a sensitive nature. In one of the cases, we imposed a fine…
India publishes consent management rules under Digital Personal Data Protection Act
Charmian Aw and Roshni Patel of Hogan Lovells write: India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) released in June 2025 a Business Requirement Document for Consent Management Under the DPDP Act, 2023 (BRD). The BRD, while not legally binding, provides technical and functional guidance on implementing a consent management system (CMS) under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection…