Jeremy Meisinger of Foley Hoag writes: On October 1, 2019, China’s new regulation to protect personal data related to children – called the “Measures on Online Protection of Children’s Personal Data” – went into effect. As we wrote in June, when a draft of the regulation was released by the Cyberspace Administration of China, the regulation contains…
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Chinese citizens must pass a facial-recognition test to use the internet as part of Beijing’s social credit system
Billie Thomson reports: China has stepped up its internet censorship by demanding its citizens pass a facial-recognition test to be able to use web services. People who want to have the internet installed at home or on their phones must have their faces scanned by the Chinese authority to prove their identities, according to a new…
Polish data protection authority issues €645,000 fine to online retailer
Jessica Belton reports: Poland’s Personal Data Protection Office (UODO) this week imposed a PLN 2.8 million (€645,000) fine on online retailer Morele.net for “insufficient organisational and technical safeguards”. The data breach affected approximately 2.2 million customers who purchased products through one of the group’s nine websites. Read more on IT Governance.
Nevada Opts Out Before California: A Reminder to Review Website Privacy Statements
Mary T. Costigan, Joseph J. Lazzarotti and Jason C. Gavejian of Jackson Lewis write: The California Consumer Privacy Act takes effect January 1, 2020. Businesses within the scope of the CCPA are taking steps to prepare, including drafting notices to inform California consumers of their right to opt out of the sale of their personal…