Doxxing of Legislative Council Security Personnels, Privacy Commissioner Exhausts his Legal Powers to Enforce the Law Impartially
Source: Hong Kong Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
Telecommunications Company Pleaded Guilty to Violating Direct Marketing Provisions and Fined HK$12,000
Source: Hong Kong Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
Privacy in the news (15 – 21 May 2020)
Welcome to our latest round-up of privacy news stories for the week.NZ's Covid-19 app: Everything you need to knowThe Government has launched its official Covid-19 contact tracing app, NZ COVID Tracer. With a variety of different technologies being used for contact tracing internationally, there has been much anticipation about what [...]
Source: Office of the Privacy Commissioner, New Zealand – Blogs
After the Emergency Code: Contact tracing powers under the COVID-19 Public Health Act 2020
The State of National Emergency across New Zealand has been lifted and a National Transition Period is now in place for 90 days, as announced by Civil Defence Minister Peeni Henare.One consequence of the State of National Emergency being lifted is that the Civil Defence National Emergencies (Information Sharing) Code [...]
Source: Office of the Privacy Commissioner, New Zealand – Blogs
Surveillance des examens en ligne : les rappels et conseils de la CNIL
Dans le contexte de crise sanitaire liée au COVID-19, certains établissements d'enseignement supérieur publics et privés souhaitent notamment recourir à des outils numériques de télésurveillance afin d'organiser des examens à distance. La CNIL rappelle les règles applicables et propose des conseils pour les établissements et les étudiants concernés. [...]
Source: CNIL
Privacy Commissioner backs NZ COVID Tracer app
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards says he welcomes the new Ministry of Health NZ COVID Tracer app. Mr Edwards says the Ministrys app is a privacy-friendly solution for contact tracing which New Zealanders should feel secure in downloading and using. The Ministry consulted his office during the development of the app [...]
Source: Office of The Privacy Commissioner, New Zealand – New on the Website
Privacy Commissioner Initiates Investigation of Recent Doxxing Cases of Government Officials, Legislative Council Security Personnel, Teachers and Students
Source: Hong Kong Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
L’anonymisation de données personnelles
L'anonymisation rend impossible l'identification d'une personne à partir d'un jeu de données et permet, ainsi, de respecter sa vie privée. La CNIL fait le point sur les techniques utilisables et sur leurs enjeux. [...]
Source: CNIL
Privacy in the news (8 – 14 May 2020)
Welcome to our latest round-up of privacy news stories for the week.Police trialled facial recognition tech without clearancePolice conducted a trial of controversial facial recognition software without consulting their own bosses or the Privacy Commissioner. Clearview AI's system is used by hundreds of police departments overseas, but the unit in [...]
Source: Office of the Privacy Commissioner, New Zealand – Blogs
The app race to contact trace
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As countries around the world produce contact tracing apps as part of their efforts to manage the spread of the Covid-19 virus, New Zealand will soon launch its own version.By now, we've all learned that contact tracing is part of a trinity of public health measures which can be used [...]
Source: Office of the Privacy Commissioner, New Zealand – Blogs