Middle East Monitor reports: Morocco has filed a lawsuit against a Spanish journalist for his reporting of the Moroccan government and intelligence services using the advanced Israeli Pegasus spyware against him and others. According to the news agency, AFP, yesterday, Morocco submitted the lawsuit to a court in the Spanish capital, Madrid, [Read More…]
Lindsay Clark reports: The UK has signed up to a US plan for sharing police-held biometric data about citizens with US border officials. According to a member of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), the body met “informally” with representatives of the US Department of Homeland [Read More…]
Kristof Van Quathem, Dan Cooper, and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses of Covington and Burling write: On June 30, 2022, the European Data Protection Board published draft guidelines on certification as a tool for transfers. These guidelines complement the EDPB’s earlier guidelines on certification and identifying certification criteria. These guidelines and the guidelines on [Read More…]
Michael Wilner reports: Weeks before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, revoking a woman’s constitutional right to abortion, a rabbi and lawyer in Boynton Beach was preparing to take action against Florida. The state’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks, he said, directly targets Jews. “Judaism is in conflict [Read More…]