Month: February 2022
The Revised GDPR Immigration Exemption
The Data Protection Act 2018 (Amendment of Schedule 2 Exemptions) Regulations 2022 came into force on 26th January 2022. It…
Global News Roundup: Feb. 22-28, 2022
In this week’s Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, members of Indian Parliament continue work on amending the draft Data Protection…
Florida privacy bill maintains PRA ahead of House floor vote
The arguments around potential comprehensive state privacy legislation in the Florida Legislature boil down to a key difference between its…
Global news roundup: Feb. 15-22, 2022
In this week’s global legislative roundup, Rui Bai Law Firm Head of Corporate Xiaobei Li analyzed China’s Personal Information Protection…
Global news roundup: Feb. 8-14, 2022
In this week’s global legislative roundup, France’s data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, ruled Google…
EU Data Governance Act: What privacy professionals need to know
On Dec. 10, 2021, political agreement was reached on the Data Governance Act. The remaining (largely) procedural steps are likely…
Global Legislative Predictions 2022: Indonesia’s Personal Data Protection Bill
At the moment, Indonesia does not have a comprehensive personal data protection regulation. What does exist is a multitude of…
Electronic monitoring using GPS tags: a tech primer
Introduction/Background Electronic tags have been a key part of criminal justice offender management for over 20 years, being used in…
Global news roundup: Feb. 1-7, 2022
In this week’s Privacy Tracker global legislative roundup, the Federal Court of Australia rejected an appeal by Facebook to dismiss…
How Privacy and Data Protection Law Can Help Defend Migrants’ Rights
Challenge to data sharing between public authorities Super-complaint One way to challenge data sharing between public authorities is via a…