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CIPL Submits Response to the EDPB Guidelines on Examples Regarding Data Breach Notification

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Dissent

Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On March 2, 2021, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth submitted its response to the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) consultation on draft guidelines on examples regarding data breach notification (the “Guidelines”). The Guidelines were adopted on January 14, 2021 for public consultation. The EDPB’s Guidelines are intended to provide concrete personal…

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Human rights lawyers ask Australia’s ‘hacking’ Bill be redrafted

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Dissent

Asha Barbaschow |reports: Human Rights Law Centre and the Law Council of Australia have asked that the federal government redraft the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020, calling its contents “particularly egregious” and “so broad”. The Bill, if passed, would hand the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC)…

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French Regulator Lambasts Health Firms Over Mass Data Leak

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Dissent

Helene Fouquet reports: France’s privacy watchdog said it’s investigating the leak of sensitive health data on half a million people and said the companies involved could face heavy penalties if they don’t come forward with details of the breaches. The leaks were of “particularly significant magnitude and severity,” the CNIL said in a statement. Hackers may have…

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Will this Utah proposal quash lawsuits from victims of data breaches?

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Dissent

Art Raymond reports: Should consumers have the right to sue a company that allows their personal information to be stolen by data thieves? Under a proposal moving quietly through the 2021 Utah legislative session, the bar for filing such a lawsuit would be raised considerably in the event that a company has taken at least…

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New Russian Crypto Law – A Government Tool to Take Control Over the DarkWeb Market?

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Dissent

Anastasia Sentsova and Yelisey Boguslavskiy write: On January 1, 2021, the Russian authorities introduced a new law regulating cryptocurrencies. This law may be a manifestation of the Russian government’s desire to seek control over the DarkWeb markets and its ransomware sector that became extremely prolific over the past two years. The criminal business that runs…

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Employee Confidentiality and Data Theft: Recent UK Developments

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Dissent

Christopher Walter, Helena Milner-Smith, Louise Freeman, Dan Cooper, Mark Young, and Mark Welch of Covington and Burling write, in part: Unauthorized Access to Personal Data was an Offence under the Computer Misuse Act The ICO recently published details of its prosecution of a motor industry employee who, during her employment, compiled and transferred road traffic…

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