CHINA: Amendments to Cybersecurity Law Effective 1 January 2026 | Privacy Matters
On 28 October 2025, China passed amendments to the Cybersecurity Law, marking the first update since its enactment in 2016. These amendments reflect| Privacy Matters
On 28 October 2025, China passed amendments to the Cybersecurity Law, marking the first update since its enactment in 2016. These amendments reflect| Privacy Matters
Summary The Upper Tribunal (UT) has handed down its judgment in the UK Information Commissioner’s (Information Commissioner) appeal against the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) decision on Clearview AI Inc (Clearview). The UT upheld three of the Commissioner’s four grounds of appeal, concluding that: Background Clearview collected images of people’s faces and associated data from publicly available... Continue Reading| Privacy Matters
Three years after its investigation commenced, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has found that retail giant Kmart Australia Limited (Kmart) breached the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) through its use of facial recognition technology (FRT) in 28 retail stores between June 2020 and July 2022. This determination marks the OAIC’s second... Continue Reading| Privacy Matters
The Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC“) has recently published the Administrative Measures for Network Security Incident Reporting (“Measures“), which provide further guidance on when and how to report network security incidents under existing laws such as the Cybersecurity Law, the Data Security Law and the Personal Information Protection Law. The Measures will take effective on... Continue Reading| Privacy Matters
What is data scraping? Data scraping is an automated process through which computer programs extract vast amounts of data from the internet at a faster rate than manual data collection methods. Some businesses scrape data for internal purposes, such as generating leads, or to create products and services available for public use, such as price... Continue Reading| Privacy Matters
Since the full enforcement of Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019) (“PDPA”) in June 2022, the Personal Data Protection Committee (“PDPC”) has moved decisively from awareness-building to active enforcement. The transition emerged in 2024 when a leading e-commerce company was fined THB 7 million for breaching the law. In 2025, enforcement has intensified,... Continue Reading| Privacy Matters
In its judgment of May 13, 2025 (case number VI ZR 186/22), the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – “BGH”) continued its case law on the compensability of non-material damages under Article 82 GDPR, in particular with regard to whether the mere loss of control over personal data was sufficient for a claim for damages.... Continue Reading| Privacy Matters
In response to the UK's new Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUA Act) coming into force, the UK Information Commissioner (ICO) has launched two public| Privacy Matters
Kentucky, Rhode Island, and Indiana have new privacy laws starting in 2026. Learn who must comply, what’s required, and how to prepare.| Termageddon
By: Mariah Webb The proliferation of the Internet of Things[1] has enabled a dramatic increase in the adoption of home security cameras.[2] In 2024, over 50% of American households owned at least one. [3] But when can your surveillance camera, designed to bring you peace of mind, become a liability? A recent North Carolina Court […] The post Careful Where You Point That Thing: Neighborly Surveillance Camera Dispute Establishes JNOV Standard for Intrusion Upon Seclusion Claims appeared fir...| Wake Forest Law Review
The California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) governs the recording of phone calls. Who does it apply to and do you need and updated Privacy Policy?| Termageddon
As our world becomes increasingly digital, the importance of cybersecurity has never been more critical. In the first blog post in our series for| cyber/data/privacy insights
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Last week, Amazon announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted it two patents for a wristband that can monitor its warehouse employees. They filed these patents in 2016, and they were granted on January 30, 2018. How Does It Work This system includes ultrasonic devices placed around the warehouse, the wristbands worn […] The post Amazon Patents Work-Monitoring Wristband first appeared on Venjuris.| Venjuris
Responding to Profs. Chander & Schwartz’s Privacy and/or Trade, Profs. Kristina Irion, Margot E. Kaminski & Svetlana Yakovleva argue that "international trade as a regime is fundamentally the wrong forum for striking a balance" between "the free flow of information and the protection of data privacy."| The University of Chicago Law Review Online
