WhatsApp is caught in another privacy controversy after a report into its alleged spying on user chats in India and elsewhere

(Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Robert Muggah, Co-founder, SecDev Group and Co-founder Iga…

On August 27, 2021, the Swiss Federal Data Protection Authority announced that it recognizes the EU recently approved standard contractual clauses as a

Four trends on the Gartner, Inc. Hype Cycle for Artificial Intelligence, 2021 are driving near-term artificial intelligence (AI) innovation. These trend

Appaltatori esterni e AI per esaminare testi, foto e video (ANSA)

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) brought together data protection and privacy authorities from G7 countries, as well as guests from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Economic Forum (WEF), for a discussion…

Soon, authorities intend to flush out CSAM and the creeps who share it. After that … privacy types are worried

Riyadh, Sep 15 (IANS) The Council of Ministers approved on Tuesday the personal Data Protection Law.</p><p>The new law, which protects personal data

The Data Protection Commissioner has announced two investigations into social media platform TikTok looking into...

Singapore’s tech trade association SGTech last week announced the formation of a Digital Trust Committee, witnessed by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee

The fine was handed out by the DPC last month after it held that the messaging service had failed to comply with its obligations under the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Some Artificial intelligence systems affect people's right to privacy as well as rights to health, education, freedom of movement, and more

Ireland Data Protection Commission said it has opened two investigations into video sharing platform TikTok

On 15 September 2021, the Personal Data Protection Authority (DPA) published Recommendations on the Protection of Personal Data in…

Modern Privacy Regulations Forge A New Path in the Middle East

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2018. The UK Data Protection Act (DPA) took effect on the same day because it is meant to be read in conjunction with the GDPR.

Currently, there is a lot of confusion on the DPA…

This update highlights some of the international data protection issues that caught our attention, and the attention of our clients, over the summer.