Joe Cadillic’s reading list this week has many interesting links. Here are just a few of them: Poland-Data Protection Authority Reprimand for disclosure of the list of quarantined persons: https://edpb.europa.eu/news/national-news/2020/reprimand-disclosure-list-quarantined-persons_en Sweden- Data Protection Authority fined seven health care providers for privacy violations: https://www.datainspektionen.se/nyheter/brister-i-hur-vardgivare-styr-personalens-atkomst-till-journaluppgifter/ Italy-Data Protection Authority the Ministry of the Interior 50,000 euro for unlawful processing…
Category: Misc
How differential privacy enhances Microsoft’s privacy and security tools: SmartNoise Early Adopter Acceleration Program Launched
John Kahan – VP, Chief Data Analytics Officer for Microsoft, writes: The invention of differential privacy was ahead of its time. The technology, pioneered by Microsoft researchers 15 years ago, makes it possible to extract useful insights from datasets, while safeguarding the privacy of the individuals included in the data. What was needed to realize…
Welcoming the Appointment of Kenya’s First Data Commissioner
Ariana Issaias reports: On 16 November 2020, Ms Immaculate Kassait took her oath of office as Kenya’s first Data Protection Commissioner as appointed by the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary. Commissioner Kassait, MBS, was formerly a Director at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission in charge of Voter Education, Partnerships and Communications. Under the Data…
Happy Thanksgiving
2020 has been so brutal that it feels almost risky to wish people a Happy Thanksgiving because I know that there are families who have lost loved ones this year and other families who are heeding advice not to travel or to gather in the large get-togethers you might otherwise enjoy on this holiday. Whether…