Jason Cronk has announced a new Privacy Wiki that you’ll want to bookmark. From Jason’s announcement: And now for something different: a return to #privacy. I’d like to soft-announce the Privacy Wiki, a wiki dedicated to privacy laws and events. https://lnkd.in/dqiVAC4 Currently the wiki has 78 US Federal laws, over 200 US State laws and over 100 articles…
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CA: Medical advisers’ names won’t be released for privacy reasons, Premier Doug Ford says
Shawn Jeffords reports from Toronto: Premier Doug Ford said he won’t release a list of medical experts guiding his pandemic response because of privacy concerns, as opposition legislators called on the government to release a full roster of its health advisers. Ford defended those advisers Tuesday during his daily COVID-19 media briefing after questions were raised…
Privacy news you may have missed
From Joe Cadillic’s latest weekly roundup: IDEMIA and Sopra Steria to Build the New Shared Facial Recognition System for Border Protection of the Schengen Area: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200603005529/en/ EU to pay 300 million EUR for IDEMIA and Sopra Steria face and fingerprint recognition: https://digit.site36.net/2020/06/05/project-interoperability-eu-to-pay-300-million-eur-for-face-and-fingerprint-recognition/ A Single Company (IDEMIA) Will Now Operate Facial Recognition for Nearly 800 Million…
Access Now and partners defend Maine broadband privacy law
June 1, 2020 – Today, Access Now and New America’s Open Technology Institute, represented by Georgetown Law’s Institute for Public Representation, filed an amicus brief in the internet service providers’ (ISPs) challenge to the Maine broadband privacy statute. The brief is in support of the state of Maine and of upholding the statute. The amicus brief argues that…