Rachel Yeo reports: A healthcare chain in Hong Kong has shared a database containing the personal information of more than a million customers among several of its member companies without their consent, the privacy watchdog has found, although the business insists strict limits on access were set. […] In response to the individual cases highlighted…
The Myth of Online Privacy: Risks, Dangers and Solutions
Gabriela Vatu writes: Privacy these days means something completely different than it did even a decade ago. And the only things we have to blame for this are the internet and ourselves. In the age of the internet, we’re only as “private” as the tools we use allow us to be, which isn’t much. While…
NZ: Submission to the Justice Committee on the Criminal Activity Intervention Legislation Bill (166-1)
As seen on the NZ Privacy Commissioner’s website, this is the Privacy Commissioner’s submission on the Criminal Activity Intervention Legislation Bill (166-1). Below is the full text of the oral submission made November 7, 2022: Here is the full written submission. Oral Submission Introductory Remarks Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today….
Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act is not the only Privacy and Data Protection Law in the Commonwealth
Jason C. Gavejian and Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis write: On January 1, 2023, Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act (CPDA) takes effect. Key features of the CPDA include expansive consumer privacy rights (right to access, right of rectification, right to delete, right to opt-out, right of portability, right against automatic decision making), a broad definition of “personal…