Rina Chandran reports: A proposed Indian law on the collection and use of genetic data to tackle crime can violate privacy, and target minorities and marginalised communities disproportionately, according to technology experts and human rights groups. The DNA Technology Regulation Bill allows the profiling of victims, those accused of crimes, [Read More…]
Frank Hersey reports: The United Nations Human Rights Committee has found that the legislation which Mauritius passed in 2013 for its biometric smart ID cards does not provide sufficient guarantees for securely protecting the biometrics of cardholders and therefore violates citizens’ privacy rights, according to the Committee’s release. The Committee stated that Mauritius [Read More…]
PTI reports: There is no urgency now in hearing pleas challenging WhatsApp’s new privacy policy as the instant messaging platform has already made a statement that it would not transfer data to Facebook till the personal data protection bill is finalised, the Delhi High Court said on Thursday. The US-based [Read More…]
The Guarantor for the protection of personal data has warned the Region of Sicily and all the subjects involved (provincial health companies, employers, competent doctors) that the processing of personal data carried out in implementation of the ordinance n. 75 of 7 July 2021 of the President of the Sicily Region, [Read More…]