Vyara Savova writes: With government agencies getting more savvy at tracing blockchain transactions, laws like the EU’s GDPR may play a role. Anti-establishment and counter-government sentiments fuelled the early days of crypto. More than a decade later, crypto is slowly moving away from its wild-west early days and into a more organized system that traditional financial institutions are…
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Article: A Duty of Loyalty for Privacy Law
To add to your must-read list: Richards, Neil M. and Hartzog, Woodrow, A Duty of Loyalty for Privacy Law (July 3, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract= Abstract Data privacy law fails to stop companies from engaging in self-serving, opportunistic behavior at the expense of those who trust them with their data. This is a problem. Modern…
Privacy news stories you may have missed
It’s been a busy week here, but thankfully, Joe Cadillic has done his usual wonderful job of compiling news stories on privacy and civil liberties. Here are a few links he has compiled for us all: World’s Largest Facial Recognition/Fingerprint Entry-Exit System to Be Launched at EU Land Borders: “The new shared Biometric Matching System…
Other recent privacy news and articles of note….
From Joe Cadillic’s weekly roundup, a few items of note: The impact of COVID-19 digital health certificates on privacy and human rights: https://www.accessnow.org/cms/assets/uploads/2020/07/Impact-COVID-19-digital-health-certificates.pdf NSO Group used WhatsAp to spy on senior clergymen in Togo and other activists: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/03/senior-clergymen-among-activists-targeted-by-spyware Arp-Hansen Hotel Group A / S is fined by Danish Protection Authority https://www.datatilsynet.dk/presse-og-nyheder/nyhedsarkiv/2020/jul/arp-hansen-hotel-group-a/s-indstilles-til-boede France – Data…