Top news of the week: 23.07.2020.
#privacy #COVID #biometric #contacttracing #privacyshield #SchremsII #eudatap #TwitterHack
Data Privacy
RT @gcluley: Coronavirus: England's test and trace programme 'breaks GDPR data law' https://t.co/KQdXjvEvLa
OpenCoronavirus: England's test and trace programme 'breaks GDPR data law'
The government has acknowledged the initiative was launched without a data privacy assessment.
RT @ContentLawyer: Is the Facebook #biometric data #privacy lawsuit in Illinois going to trial after all? https://t.co/IzqeRSA97k
OpenIs the Facebook biometric data privacy lawsuit in Illinois going to trial after all?
That $550 million that Facebook Inc. agreed to pay in January to settle claims that it violated its Illinois members’ biometric data privacy? Maybe forget it. “It’s $550 million,&…
#COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Apps: The #Privacy Issues
Attorney Nancy Perkins Describes Federal, State Legislative Activity https://t.co/pD8yUNzadh
OpenCOVID-19 Contact-Tracing Apps: The Privacy Issues
COVID-19 contract-tracing applications that help monitor individuals' possible exposure to those who have tested positive for the virus present a variety of privacy
RT @EmeraldDeLeeuw: And there is the statement from the EDPB re: #SchremsII https://t.co/hidpvY7tC3 #privacyshield #eudatap
OpenStatement on the Court of Justice of the European Union Judgment in Case C-311/18 - Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems
Statement on the Court of Justice of the European Union Judgment in Case C-311/18 - Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems
Op-ed: Congress must act now to rein in the NSA’s warrantless spying
"On Thursday, in a ruling with enormous implications for U.S. companies, the E.U.'s highest court invalidated a data-transfer agreement between the European Union and the United States, ...
RT @geminiimatt: A unique opportunity for a black security researcher looking at cybersecurity issues regarding race. Great opportunity for a professional looking to give back.
https://t.co/dqVLuL1lw8
OpenCitizen Lab Fellowship Surveillance, Digital Security, and Race
The Citizen Lab is pleased to announce a fellowship program on issues related to surveillance, digital security, and race.
RT @TrialByTruth: This post on the Morrison's breach has lots of relevant content for those thinking about the #TwitterHack.
It's about a privileged insider using authorised access and how that shook down in terms of both data protection and broader liability https://t.co/NUxiUhfSFh
OpenOpinion: Morrisons, vicarious liability, and privacy risk management reality
On the face of it organisations were just made liable for nefarious data doings of any nasty individual they might have had the misfortune to employ…or nice employees who just mess up. Even ...
Twitter hack: What went wrong and why it matters
The social network may have secured accounts but it could still face aftershocks from the attack.