On SSRN, this article by Daniel J. Solove: Abstract Individual privacy rights are often at the heart of information privacy and data protection laws. The most comprehensive set of rights, from the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), includes the right to access, right to rectification (correction), right to erasure (deletion), right to restriction,…
IRS Wants to Buy Internet Mass Monitoring Tool
Joseph Cox reports: The IRS wants to purchase an internet monitoring tool from a company that has sold products to sections of the U.S. military and the FBI, according to public procurement records. The company, called Team Cymru, provides access to “netflow” data, which can show activity on the wider internet, such as which server communicated with another….
After New Zealand, Australia bans TikTok on official devices
Ivan Mehta reports: Australia joined a long list of western countries banning TikTok on official devices today. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus announced the move and said the prohibition will be implemented “as soon as practicable.” In the announcement, Dreyfus said that the decision was taken “after receiving advice from intelligence and security agencies.” Read more at TechCrunch.
UK: ICO fines TikTok £12.7 million for misusing children’s data
From the Information Commissioner’s Office, April 4: More than one million UK children under 13 estimated by the ICO to be on TikTok in 2020, contrary to its terms of service. Personal data belonging to children under 13 was used without parental consent. TikTok “did not do enough” to check who was using their platform…