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https://www.mondaq.com/Article/1376196
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With its private right of action and expansive scope - extending far beyond Washington state's borders and applying to a wide swath of health- and non-health-oriented companies alike - Washington's My Health My Data Act is poised to be more ground-shifting than any other consumer privacy law that came before it.
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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/oregon-enacts-comprehensive-consumer-7156561/
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Oregon recently enacted a comprehensive consumer state data privacy law (the "Act"), following multiple other states including: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. The Act will go into effect on July 2024. The Act applies to any person that conducts business in Oregon, or that provides products or services to Oregon residents, and that during a calendar year, controls or processes: (the personal data of 100,000 or more consumers, other than personal data controlled or processed solely for the purpose of completing a payment transaction; or (ii) the personal data of 25,000 or more consumers, while deriving 25 percent or more of the person's annual gross revenue from selling personal data. "Personal data" is defined as "data, derived data or any unique identifier that is linked to or is reasonably linkable to a consumer or to a device that identifies, is linked to or is reasonably linkable to one or more consumers in a household." It excludes deidentified data or data that "is lawfully available through federal, state or local government records or through widely distributed media" or that a "controller reasonably has understood to have been lawfully made available to the public by a consumer." The Act differentiates a "controller," which is "a person that, alone or jointly with another person, determines the purposes and means for processing personal data," from a "processor," which is "a person that processes personal data on behalf of a controller." The Act grants Oregon consumers certain rights with respect to their personal data. Specifically, a consumer, or their authorized agent, may request, among other things: (confirmation from a controller as to whether the controller is processing or has processed the consumer's personal data and the categories of personal data the controller is processing or has processed; (ii) a copy of all of the consumer's personal data that the controller has processed or is processing in a portable and readily usable format; (iii) correction of inaccuracies in personal data about the consumer; (iv) deletion of the consumer's personal data; and (an ability to opt-out of any sale, targeted advertising, or certain types of profiling related to the processing of personal data.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13229655/Heres-Apples-iPhone-design-change-Department-Justice-wins-antitrust-lawsuit-against-tech-giant.html?ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490&ns_mchannel=rss
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The US Department of Justice, alongside 16 state and district attorneys, announced Thursday that they are suing Apple — saying the company's sleek devices and software constitute a monopoly that's price-gouging its own customers.At the core of the suit is the charge that Apple has designed...
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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/iowa-data-protection-act-what-9362014/
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On March 29, 2023, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law Senate File 262, the Iowa Act Relating to Consumer Data Protection (ICDPA). Taking effect nearly two years from now on January 2025, the ICDPA makes Iowa the sixth state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law. In many ways, the new law parallels the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA) and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), which are generally considered more business-friendly and less restrictive than the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) (as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)). .
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https://kathmandupost.com/national/2023/12/10/asia-internet-coalition-asks-government-to-rethink-nepal-s-social-media-policy
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The Asia Internet Coalition recently wrote a letter to Minister for Communication and Information Technology Rekha Sharma and expressed concerns over the recent regulatory developments, namely the Social Media Directive, and potential future moves to ban social media applications.The government...
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https://www.nextpit.com/meta-eu-accuse-facebook-instagram-consent-pay-violates-dma
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I still remember how amazed I was when I first got hold of the Nokia 3210 back when I was a kid, and it was during that time I developed my love for technology, particularly for mobile phones. I started sharing my knowledge through writing in different blogs and forums back in Nokia Nseries era. I even make videos before where I put different phones side-by-side.
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https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2023/07/03/317858.htm
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A U.S. judge on Friday ordered a new trial on damages against BNSF Railway in a privacy class action, in a ruling that wiped out an award of $228 million to truck drivers who accused the freight railway giant of unlawfully collecting their fingerprints.
The ruling from U.S. District Judge Matthew...
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/25/canada-justin-trudeau-confidence-vote-liberal-party
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Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, has easily survived a vote of confidence after his main political rival failed to muster enough support to end nine years of Liberal party rule.Legislators in the House of Commons voted 211-120 to defeat a motion by the official opposition Conservative...
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/22/mike-lynch-fraud-trial-testify
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The British entrepreneur Mike Lynch is expected to take the stand in a San Francisco federal courthouse on Thursday as a key witness in his own criminal fraud trial, which began in March.US authorities have charged the former software tycoon with 16 counts of wire fraud, securities fraud and...
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https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/industrial-policy-not-silver-bullet-by-ilias-alami-et-al-2023-11
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The revival of industrial policy is based on the logic that targeted investment in green manufacturing and energy will boost economic activity, create well-paying jobs, and usher in a low-carbon economy. But policymakers must acknowledge that these objectives are difficult to reconcile and will...
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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-prompt-testosterone-treatment-mental-health.html
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https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/04/16/opinion/trudeau-government-needs-go-big-or-go-home
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It could be the beginning of the end or the start of a new beginning.The federal budget will be released later today by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and with next year's election creeping ever closer, there is no shortage of issues to address.One of them is budgeting the benefit and by that...
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https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/tip/How-to-build-a-data-protection-policy-with-template
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Just as there's no single structure or content for a data protection policy, there's no single pathway to developing a policy. Every organization is different. Even though businesses might be governed by the same regulations and fundamental obligations, there are countless ways to achieve the same overall data protection goals.
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https://www.ibtimes.com/eu-tells-meta-address-consumer-fears-over-pay-privacy-3737644
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EU consumer authorities told Facebook owner Meta on Monday to take action to assuage European consumer groups' fears over its new "pay or consent" model or face further action.Launched late last year, Meta's system means users have to pay to avoid data collection, or agree to share their private...
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/05/increased-fire-risk-from-charging-e-bikes-due-to-lack-of-battery-regulation-in-australia-expert-says
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Theguardian
A lack of regulation covering lithium-ion batteries has resulted in lower quality products on the market, increasing the fire risk from charging devices such as e-bikes, an expert says.Robert Kerr, an associate professor from Deakin University's Institute for Frontier Materials, told Guardian...
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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/sec-adopts-amendments-to-regulation-s-p-9952284/
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On May 16, 2024, the U.Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted amendments to Regulation S-P ("Reg S-P") that are intended to help protect investors' privacy from the "expanded use of technology and corresponding risks"[("Reg S-P Amendments"). The Reg S-P Amendments represent a significant expansion.
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https://tech.eu/2024/06/21/quantum-innovations-raises-near-eur10m-for-industry-first-surgical-sensor-tech/
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The development of medical technologies significantly increases the success rate of cardiothoracic surgeries while reducing complications and mortality rates. Surgeries, especially those involving internal organs, require extreme precision and continuous monitoring. None of the currently available tools or equipment provide such capabilities. .
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https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/my-belief-meter-is-sort-of-up-to-11-or-maybe-even-12-a-hit-netflix-series-about-visitors-from-outer-space-converts-its-director-into-a-believer/
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Having a skeptic direct a documentary series about "real life" encounters with extraterrestrial visitors and unexplained phenomena is a smart move on paper because it eliminates any potential bias, but Yon Motskin has revealed one side effect of his experience overseeing Netflix's Encounters....
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https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3270374/chinese-tech-companies-face-increased-eu-compliance-costs-amid-blocs-new-ai-rules
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Artificial intelligence Learn more The European Union's comprehensive Artificial Intelligence Act will come into effect on August Artificial intelligence Coco Feng. The world's first comprehensive (AI) rules, which will come into effect throughout the (EU) on August is projected to raise the costs of assessment and compliance for enterprises doing business in the bloc's 27 member states, according to industry experts.
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https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/swiss-government-insists-it-has-leaks-under-control/49154738
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The Swiss government has rejected parliamentary criticism that it has not done enough to control unauthorised leaks, following numerous leaks to the press during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The Swiss government has rejected parliamentary criticism that it has not done enough to control unauthorised leaks, following numerous leaks to the press during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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https://trofire.com/2024/05/27/online-predator-group-coerces-kids-into-self-mutilation-government-tries-to-escape-pfas-liability/
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An online group of thugs calling themselves 7-6-4 has been blackmailing children and teenagers into committing acts of self harm and then forcing them to post the videos online. Also, the federal government is trying to escape liability for contaminating entire neighborhoods with dangerous chemicals for decades. Mike Papantonio & Farron Cousins discuss more.
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The tech industry and privacy advocates may not always see eye to eye on thorny policy questions, but they agree on at least one thing: there isn't yet a good way for companies to determine users' ages without compromising their privacy. "There is currently no privacy-protective way to determine whether a consumer is a child," Maureen Mahoney, deputy director of policy and legislation at the California Privacy Protection Agency, wrote in a May 3 memo to the agency's board.