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US Copyright Office issues Report on Registering Copyrights
The US Copyright Office has published a long awaited Report on Section 512 of Title 17- safe harbor provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This provision is the foundation of the pr…Update date
EU budget to help digitise agriculture in the EU
The EU Commission announced that its new budget proposal will assist farmers introduce and implement new digital technologies in agriculture so as to make it greener and more efficient. Speaking on th…Update date
Indonesian Court rules Internet shutdowns unlawful
In August and September 2019 the Indonesian government on several occasions slowed down and blocked Internet access, and established Internet restrictions on the territory of West Papua and Papua in a…Update date
FAO launched digital food policy dashboard
The Food and Agriculture organisation of the United Nations (FAO) together with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and the Johns Hopkins Alliance for a Healthier World released a digita…Update date
Google faces major lawsuit for tracking
In a class-action case Brown et al v Google LLC et al filed in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California the claimants accuse Google and its parent company Alphabet of invading users’ p…Update date
Climate diplomacy turns to digital tools
Following the announcement that the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is being postponed until November 2021 due to COVID-19, a number o…Update date
CNIL published recommendations on algorithms and discrimination
The French data protection authority ('CNIL') announced, together with the Defender of Rights, Recommendations on preventing discriminatory practices in relation to algorithms. CNIL noted that digital…Update date
US Senators introduce privacy bill for contact tracing apps
US Senators Maria Cantwell, Bill Cassidy, and Amy Klobuchar introduced a bipartisan legislation to protect user privacy from exposure notification apps, also known as contact tracing apps. The Exposur…Update date
New bill introduced in the US to study telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic
US Representative Robin Kelly introduced a bill that requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to launch a study on the effects of telehealth changes on Medicare and Medicaid within a …
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