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Top news of the week: 16.02.2022.

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@wbm312 shared
On Feb 16, 2022
RT @EU_EDPS: The EDPS has published its preliminary remarks on the use of modern spyware such as #Pegasus. Use of Pegasus might lead to an unprecedented level of intrusiveness, which threatens the essence of the right to privacy Read more https://t.co/FXXj3VnxGp https://t.co/BLbgohbw88
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EDPS Preliminary Remarks on Modern Spyware

EDPS Preliminary Remarks on Modern Spyware

The revelations made about the Pegasus spyware raised very serious questions about the possible impact of modern spyware tools on fundamental rights, and particularly on the rights to ...

@healthinfosec shared
On Feb 11, 2022
Bill Proposes Panel to Study #Health Data #Privacy Law Gaps: Bipartisan Legislation Seeks Recommendations to Protect Data Falling Outside #HIPAA https://t.co/8FZCsLQV6v
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Bill Proposes Panel to Study Health Data Privacy Law Gaps

Bill Proposes Panel to Study Health Data Privacy Law Gaps

Bipartisan legislation introduced by two U.S. aims to kick-start the modernization of "outdated" health privacy laws by creating a commission to examine

@thegrugq shared
On Feb 15, 2022
RT @stewartbaker: Cyberlaw cringe-casting since 2016 https://t.co/0A6ccWdN23 It's episode 394 of the Cyberlaw Podcast!
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Cyberlaw cringe-casting since 2016

Cyberlaw cringe-casting since 2016

The Cyberlaw Podcast has decided to take a leaf from the (alleged) Bitcoin Bandits' embrace of cringe rap. No more...

@BrianHonan shared
On Feb 10, 2022
RT @klillington: EU ombudsman Emily O’Reilly opens inquiry into European Commission policing of GDPR in Ireland via @IrishTimes https://t.co/Tb4dTmS09V
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Emily O’Reilly opens inquiry into European Commission policing of GDPR in Ireland

Emily O’Reilly opens inquiry into European Commission policing of GDPR in Ireland

EU ombudsman acts after complaint from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties

@thegrugq shared
On Feb 11, 2022
RT @PrivaCat: I have been... Agitated as of late after the recent Austrian, Germany and @CNIL decisions. They are misguided, applies a privacy-absolutist approach. In my piece on @GRCWF I analogize IP addresses to physical addresses. https://t.co/SOZG2xkMuJ
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Regulators are Playing a Dangerous Game on the Internet

Regulators are Playing a Dangerous Game on the Internet

Over the past two years, European regulators and the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) have set their sights on America, and in particular, big tech.

@Dejan_Kosutic shared
On Feb 13, 2022
*Senators look to address privacy, new technology in renewed push to modernize HIPAA* | SC Media Recent bipartisan legislation aims to tackle ongoing health data privacy issues, particularly around health information not covered by HIPAA regulation. https://t.co/sxQpETafIX
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Senators look to address privacy, new technology in renewed push to modernize HIPAA

Senators look to address privacy, new technology in renewed push to modernize HIPAA

A newly proposed bipartisan bill would establish a commission to assess the state of health data privacy laws and challenges to securing healthcare information that falls outside of HIPAA.

@BrianHonan shared
On Feb 15, 2022
RT @balbonipaolo: According to @EU_Eurostat, in the EU #cloud ☁️ uptake by enterprises has doubled in the last 6 years. The EU SAs now aim to ensure the adequate #dataprotection by fostering best practices, streamlined enforcement & cooperation https://t.co/aDbTalLThJ #CloudComputing
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Launch of coordinated enforcement on use of cloud by public sector

Launch of coordinated enforcement on use of cloud by public sector

Brussels, 15 February - Today marks the kick-off of the first coordinated enforcement action of the European Data Protection Board. The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a digital …

@ZeljkaZorz shared
On Feb 16, 2022
Singapore introduces potent anti-scam measures https://t.co/hnY1rGfglP via @theregister
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Singapore introduces potent anti-scam measures

Singapore introduces potent anti-scam measures

Plans to block more scam sites, share liability between banks and customers