Links courtesy of Joe Cadillic: W.H.O.: Countries Should Not Require Coronavirus ‘Vaccine Passports’ https://www.breitbart.com/health/2021/03/09/w-h-o-countries-should-not-require-coronavirus-vaccine-passports/ Data Privacy post COVID-19: What has changed and where do we go now? https://www.euractiv.com/section/data-protection/video/data-privacy-post-covid-19-what-has-changed-and-where-do-we-go-now/ The EU wants to have all private chats, messages, and emails automatically searched for suspicious content: https://european-pirateparty.eu/the-end-of-the-privacy-of-digital-correspondence/ https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52020PC0568&from=EN EDPB adopts guidelines on connected vehicles: https://edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2021/european-data-protection-board-46th-plenary-session_en Latvia- The…
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PogoWasRight.org is 15 Today – Wow!
PogoWasRight.org turns 15 today. Since its cyberbirth, there have been almost 40,000 posts about privacy news and issues. The first 20,000 posts are archived offline for now, but are preserved as part of a history of the evolution of privacy laws and issues. And in addition to this site’s 40,000 posts, there are almost 30,000…
Members of the California Privacy Protection Agency Announced; other changes in CCPA approved
Alexandra Scott, Lindsey Tonsager, Libbie Canter, and Jake Levine of Covington & Burling write: The five members of the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) were announced today. The members – who were appointed by Governor Newsom, Attorney General Becerra, Senate President pro Tempore Atkins, and Assembly Speaker Rendon – will lead the new agency, which will have…
Italy’s privacy regulator creates emergency channel to report revenge porn and to seek its blocking
The following is a translation of an important notice from the Italian guarantor: Against revenge porn, one of the most hateful forms of violence against women and, more generally, against non-consensual pornography, the Guarantor for the protection of personal data has decided to make an emergency channel available on its site. People who fear that their…