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Top news of the week: 08.10.2022.

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@wbm312 shared
On Oct 8, 2022
President Biden Signs Executive Order to Implement the European Union-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) https://t.co/mvIeqks39N
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FACT SHEET: President Biden Signs Executive Order to Implement the European Union-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

FACT SHEET: President Biden Signs Executive Order to Implement the European Union-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Today, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities (E.O.) directing the steps that the United States will take to ...

@BrianHonan shared
On Oct 6, 2022
RT @ICOnews: For example, if a person bought a jar opener or a dinner tray, Easylife would use this information to presume the person had arthritis. They would then target them with marketing calls to sell glucosamine joint patches. Read more 👇 https://t.co/HXg1kDcIsd
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Catalogue retailer Easylife fined £1.48 million for breaking data protection and electronic marketing laws

Catalogue retailer Easylife fined £1.48 million for breaking data protection and electronic marketing laws

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Easylife Ltd £1,350,000 for using personal information of 145,400 customers to predict their medical condition and target them with ...

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On Oct 4, 2022
RT @EuroPaulB: Recently, I was interviewed by @lawinmaastricht for their newsletter. We talked about #lifelonglearning, what a career in data protection means (@Catawiki @ecpcmaastricht) and how to stay up to date in a rapid changing field of law. https://t.co/U0YpiNuvLs
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Looking outwards

Looking outwards

Alumnus Paul Breitbarth’s view on Lifelong Learning When Paul Breitbarth went to study law in Maastricht in 2000, the subject of privacy law did not yet exist. He is now a privacy …

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On Oct 6, 2022
RT @DanielSolove: FTC to Congress - we're waiting on you to update COPPA. Congress to FTC - we're waiting on you to update the regs. Meanwhile, by the time there's action, the kids will be grown. https://t.co/R10wflp74a
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Congress to FTC: “Please Update the COPPA Rule Now”

Congress to FTC: “Please Update the COPPA Rule Now”

Amidst all of the recent news and developments about the privacy of kids and teens (including multiple Congressional hearings; Frances Haugen’s testimony;

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On Oct 5, 2022
RT @FredericJacobs: #GDPRxit just happened "I am announcing that we will be replacing GDPR with our own business and consumer-friendly, British data protection system” https://t.co/GtvdlyHIhU
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Michelle Donelan – 2022 Speech to Conservative Party Conference

Michelle Donelan – 2022 Speech to Conservative Party Conference

But to create jobs, connect communities and protect British values, we have to be unashamedly conservative. This includes creating more wealth and prosperity through our tech, …

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On Oct 7, 2022
RT @rossamcmahon: Sarah Harte: Recognition technology’s flaws a slap in the face for civil liberties https://t.co/13RJI3oFKg
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Sarah Harte: Recognition technology’s flaws a slap in the face for civil liberties

Sarah Harte: Recognition technology’s flaws a slap in the face for civil liberties

While it's true that public safety and national security must override the right to privacy, these trade-offs do not affect everyone equally

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On Oct 3, 2022
RT @RTEScienceTech: The Data Protection Commission has submitted a draft decision in an inquiry into Facebook. The investigation was launched in April 2021 after reports that personal data of 533 million Facebook users had been made available on the internet. https://t.co/GzDxghaKkc @rtenews
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Data Protection Commission files draft decision on Meta after Facebook data probe

Data Protection Commission files draft decision on Meta after Facebook data probe

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has submitted a draft decision in a large scale inquiry into Facebook parent company Meta.

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On Oct 8, 2022
RT @TonyaJoRiley: “There’s no indication that the U.S. government is narrowing the scope of surveillance in practice, or that it’s meeting the EU requirement to establish criteria for surveillance that can justify the invasion of people’s privacy,” said @ACLU's @ashgorski https://t.co/IpdlByQUvt
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White House announces new surveillance guardrails to meet EU Privacy Shield expectations

White House announces new surveillance guardrails to meet EU Privacy Shield expectations

The executive order will give EU citizens redress for intelligence collection that violates U.S. laws.