Anat Even-Chen, Ben Norman, and Karin Kashi of the Israeli law firm BarLaw write: The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority (PPA) recently published a document for public comments entitled, “Protecting Patients’ Privacy When Transferring Medical Information via Digital Devices and Undesignated Software.” This document presents the PPA’s position on the responsibility of healthcare service providers and…
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The CNIL fines Discord €800,000 for non-compliance with the GDPR
Elizabeth George reports: While Playstation players are still waiting to be able to use Discord on PS5, the famous VoIP service has just had its suspenders lifted by the CNIL. Indeed, the National Commission for Computing and Freedoms announced this Thursday, November 17 that it had imposed a fine of €800,000 on Discord. In its official press…
Hong Kong privacy watchdog finds healthcare chain shared database with personal details of over 1 million customers among its companies
Rachel Yeo reports: A healthcare chain in Hong Kong has shared a database containing the personal information of more than a million customers among several of its member companies without their consent, the privacy watchdog has found, although the business insists strict limits on access were set. […] In response to the individual cases highlighted…
NZ: Submission to the Justice Committee on the Criminal Activity Intervention Legislation Bill (166-1)
As seen on the NZ Privacy Commissioner’s website, this is the Privacy Commissioner’s submission on the Criminal Activity Intervention Legislation Bill (166-1). Below is the full text of the oral submission made November 7, 2022: Here is the full written submission. Oral Submission Introductory Remarks Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today….