Panu Wongcha-um reports: A Thai minister has admitted the country uses surveillance software to track individuals in cases involving national security or drugs, amid revelations that government critics’ phones had been hacked using the Israeli-made Pegasus spyware. Minister of Digital Economy and Society, Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn, said in parliament late on Tuesday that he is aware…
Category: Non-U.S.
Irish Data Protection Commission Moves to Block Meta Transfers
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On July 7, 2022, the Irish Data Protection Commission (the “DPC”) sent a draft decision to other EU data protection authorities, proposing to block Meta’s transfers of personal data from the EU to the United States. The DPC commenced an inquiry to assess the legality of Meta’s EU-U.S. transfers in the…
Clearview AI fined $20 million, banned from processing biometric data in Greece after GDPR violations
Jonathan Greig reports: Greece’s privacy authority has fined facial recognition company Clearview AI €20 million for violating parts of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) released a 22-page decision demanding Clearview AI stop processing biometric data on individuals in Greece and said the company must delete all the data it has…
Resource: Guidance on “General Data Protection Regulation” for Korean Enterprises
Published by the Personal Information Protection Commission of Korea: Guidance on “General Data Protection Regulation” for Korean Enterprises (pdf)