Reed Albergotti reports: Russian oligarchs and other powerful individuals are turning to an unusual method to protect their online images: data privacy laws. Those laws, which were intended to prevent ads from tracking consumers too closely around the Internet, are now being used in the United Kingdom to sue anyone holding undesirable information on their…
Category: Non-U.S.
China makes genetic data a national resource
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian reports: The Chinese government has identified genetic data as a national strategic resource and is strengthening state control over the country’s gene banks and other repositories of genetic information. Why it matters: The collection and use of genetic information are fraught with ethical concerns, including consent and privacy, exploitation of marginalized groups, and a…
New Bill in India’s Parliament allows biometric data collection on arrest or detention, Oppn up in arms
Ananya Bhardwaj reports: The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022, which seeks to authorise taking biometric data — along with “physical and biological samples” — of convicts, and those arrested or detained, for the purposes of identification and probe, was introduced in the Lok Sabha Monday. The Bill, introduced by Minister of State for Home Ajay…
Ph: Fines for data privacy breach capped at P5 million
Ranier Allan Ronda reports: The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has set a ceiling of P5 million on fines imposed on data privacy violators, following a revision of its penalty system based on public consultations. The NPC presented its revised schedule of administrative fines set under the updated Circular on Administrative Fines and the scope of…