June 6 – Governor Janet Mills today signed LD 946 “An Act To Protect the Privacy of Online Customer Information,” sponsored by Senator Shenna Bellows of Manchester. The internet privacy legislation, which garnered bipartisan support and unanimous approval in the Maine Senate, prevents the use, sale, or distribution of a customer’s personal information by internet…
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UK: Universities to trawl through students’ social media to look for suicide risk, under new project
Meanwhile…. from back on the road that is paved with good intentions but goes to the wrong place, Camilla Turner reports: Universities are to trawl through students’ social media to look for signs that they may be suicidal, as part of a new project funded by the higher education watchdog. The new scheme, backed by…
Cn: CAC Releases Draft Regulation on the Protection of Children’s Personal Information Online
Yan Luo, Zhijing Yu and Nicholas Shepherd of Covington & Burling write: On May 31, 2019, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) released the draft Regulation on the Protection of Children’s Personal Information Online (“Draft Regulation”) for public comment. (An official Chinese version is available here and an unofficial English translation of the Draft Regulation is…
Tesla blocks access to anonymous workplace chat app Blind amid crackdown on employee leaks
Luke Christou reports: Tesla has begun blocking its employees from accessing anonymous workplace chat app Blind, according to its developers, in an apparent attempt to protect against employee leaks. Blind allows employees to discuss workplace matters anonymously with their colleagues and industry peers through public and private forums. Since launching in the United States in…