Donna Miller reports: Data privacy has taken a backseat by way of nationwide priorities within the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, as Congress has shifted its complete focus to the virus and US tech companies have begun working with state and federal authorities to achieve potential sufferers. The US has [Read More…]
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On July 13, 2020, a Committee of Experts within India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“the Committee”) published the first draft of a Non-Personal Data Governance Framework for India for public consultation. […] Key takeaways of the Committee Report include: Definition of Non-Personal Data: The Committee provides new [Read More…]
From EPIC.org: EPIC has obtained hundreds of pages of records (1, 2, 3, 4) from the Office of Science and Technology Policy about the White House’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and proposals to use location data for public health surveillance. The documents were produced in response to an EPIC Freedom of Information [Read More…]
From the CNIL, the French data protection authority: SPARTOO is specialized in the online shoe sales sector. For this activity, it has a website accessible in thirteen countries of the European Union. The CNIL inspected the company in May 2018, and noted shortcomings concerning the data of customers, prospects and employees. The [Read More…]