The European Commission Wednesday adopted a proposal, titled the “European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles for the Digital Decade,” to act as a framework to guide European policymakers, companies, and the EU in dealing with digital transformation. The declaration follows the commission’s Digital Compass, which contains specific targets for the digital transformation set to [...]
Chief US District Judge Richard Seeborg for the Northern District of California dismissed two claims Tuesday from a proposed class action against Google, ruling that a promise to avoid collecting user data did not amount to a contract. The case, Anibal Rodriguez, et al. v. Google LLC, revolves around Google’s privacy framework, specifically the “Web [...]
The Central Bank of Russia published a consultation paper Thursday proposing a stricter ban on the use and mining of cryptocurrencies within its territory. The paper, titled ‘Cryptocurrencies: Trends, Risks, and Regulation’ notes the global market for cryptocurrencies skyrocketed in 2021 to $2.3 trillion. The anonymity offered by crypto platforms enables their use in illegal [...]
In the latest move as part of a controversial decade-long effort to curb the public expression of religion, the French Senate voted 160-143 Tuesday in favor of a bill seeking to amend its national Sports Code to ban athletes from wearing religious symbols, such as hijabs and burkinis, at sports competitions, public swimming pools, and [...]
European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Wojciech Wiewiórowski notified an order Monday directing the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) to erase datasets uncategorized within six months, since they could potentially contain data on individuals with no link to criminal activity. Annex II.B and Articles 18(3) and 28(1) of the Europol Regulation allow Europol [...]
In a majority verdict Wednesday, a jury of the Bristol Crown Court in the UK found Sage Willoughby, Jake Skuse, Milo Ponsford, and Rhian Grahamm, dubbed the “Colston Four,” not guilty of criminal damage under the Criminal Damage Act 1971 for their involvement in pulling down an 1895 statue of slave trader Edward Colston in 2020. [...]
A restricted committee of France’s National Commission for Information and Liberty (CNIL) held Google and Facebook Ireland, the headquarters for Facebook’s activities in Europe, liable in separate judgments Thursday for violating the French Data Protection Act (DPA) since the processes by which users can reject cookies on these sites is significantly more complex than that [...]
In the latest iteration of its crackdown against individuals and organization viewed as unfriendly to the Kremlin, Russia on Thursday designated a disparate group of activists, satirists, and others as “foreign agents.” A statement released by the Russian Ministry of Justice listed several high-profile individuals who had been designated by the authorities as “foreign agents,” [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision Monday approving a class settlement between Google and 18 named plaintiffs involving its “Street View” technology. In a class-action lawsuit on behalf of around 60 million others, the plaintiffs alleged that Google illegally collected personal data, including passwords, videos and photographs, [...]
US President Joe Biden Thursday signed into law the bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (H.R. 6256), which seeks to ban goods wholly or partially produced in China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region connected to the ongoing Uyghur genocide and forced labor in the region. The act stems from the prohibition under section 307 of the Tariff [...]
