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…
World Cup apps pose a data security and privacy nightmare
Jessica Lyons Hardcastle reports: With mandated spyware downloads to tens of thousands of surveillance cameras equipped with facial-recognition technology, the World Cup in Qatar next month is looking more like a data security and privacy nightmare than a celebration of the beautiful game. Football fans and others visiting Qatar must download two apps: Ehteraz, a Covid-19…
U.S. judge rejects Biden administration’s LGBT health protections
Nate Raymond reports: Nov 11 (Reuters) – A federal judge in Texas ruled on Friday that President Joe Biden’s administration had wrongly interpreted an Obamacare provision as barring health care providers from discriminating against gay and transgender people. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo ruled that a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2020 holding…