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Democratic Reps. Ann Eshoo and Zoe Lofgren, both from Silicon Valley, reintroduced on Thursday the Online Privacy Act, a bill that creates user data rights, limits companies’ collection and use of user data, and establishes the Digital Privacy Agency (DPA) to enforce privacy laws. The Online Privacy Act aims to protect individuals, encourage innovation, and [...]

A Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Mauritius says that a new petroleum bill advancing in that Indian Ocean country off the coast of Africa has significant implications for climate change and raises concerns about corruption, conflict of interest, and government mismanagement. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding his name and institutional affiliation. Last [...]

The Swiss Federal Administrative Court ruled in favor of Geneva-based tech company Proton Technologies on Friday in an appeal to overturn a 2020 order by the Swiss Post and Telecommunications Surveillance Services (PTSS) that required the company to adhere to certain data retention and disclosure obligations that went against the platform’s privacy practices. Proton Technologies is [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Here, a lawyer in Kabul offers his observations and perspective on women and public health issues in Afghanistan under the new regime.  For privacy and security reasons we are [...]

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has found that Uber Technologies, Inc. violated the privacy of an estimated 1.2 million Australians, and failed to investigate and disclose a data breach from 2016 in a timely manner. Information and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk stated Friday that Uber breached the Privacy Act by not taking [...]

The UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has found secret surveillance to be incompatible with European Union (EU) law. Privacy International (PI) challenged the UK bulk communications regime, specifically section 94 of the Telecommunications Act, which has since been repealed by the Investigatory Powers Act, for being incompatible with EU human rights standards. This judgement renders [...]

The UN Human Rights Committee on Thursday found that Mauritius’ amendments to the National Identity Card Act 1985, which introduced a new ID card containing biometric information of the cardholder, violated the privacy rights of Mauritian citizens. The Committee held that there were no sufficient guarantees against the risk of abuse and arbitrariness following from [...]

I am a Democrat and a strong admirer and supporter of President Biden. I think his administration and the Democratic leadership in Congress have achieved some striking successes so far. But my deeper loyalty, as a citizen and scholar, is to the constitutional system that has made America a great national experiment for almost 250 [...]

The Danish Data Protection Agency issued an order on Monday for the National Police to delete problematic personal data after it investigated the National Police’s processing of personal data.   The Danish Data Protection Agency criticized the National Police for violating the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules, specifically the regulations under the Law [...]

France’s Highest Administrative Court (Council of States) on Wednesday gave its ruling on the national policy concerning data retention creating conflict between French and EU laws. The ruling was long-awaited as it clarified France’s stance on data retention policies. Prior to the ruling by the Council of States, it was speculated that France might bypass [...]