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Privacy group files complaint against French health website over data protection concerns
Privacy International (PI) has filed a complaint against the French health website Doctissimo with the French data protection authority (CNIL), following a report which highlighted how numerous menta…Update date
European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience released
The European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience has been released by the EU Commission. The agenda addresses the acquisition and development of skills in res…Update date
South African data protection law enters into force
According to the National Law Review, South Africa’s comprehensive privacy law known as the Protection of Personal Information Act (‘POPIA’) has entered into force on July 1 2020. BusinessTech reports…Update date
Arup and FRANK Water collaborate on digital water management tool
Engineering company Arup and FRANK Water have developed a digital water management tool in order to address water scarcity. The WASH Connect mobile app and WASH Basins Toolkit aims to provide accurate…Update date
CDC issues guidelines on digital contact tracing tools
The US Center for Disease Control (CDC) has issued Guidelines for the implementation and use of digital tools to augment traditional contact tracing for the health departments. The guidelines stat…Update date
FirstBank commits to providing e-learning in Nigeria
In collaboration with Robert & John, IBM, and Curious Learning; FirstBank has launched an e-learning initiative to provide continuous learning to primary, secondary, and selected tertiary level st…Update date
U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Booking.com in trademark case
The US Supreme Court decided. in the ‘U.S. Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B. V., No. 19-46, 591 U.S. ___ (2020)’ case. that generic words coupled with ‘.com’ may be eligible for federal …Update date
European Commission conducting ‘preparatory work’ in case CJEU invalidates EU-US Privacy Shield
According to Euractiv, the European Commission is preparing for the eventuality that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) may invalidate the EU-US Privacy Shield data-sharing agreement. O…Update date
AccessNow files brief in Sao Paolo Metro facial and emotional recognition suit
Global advocacy organisation AccessNow has filed an expert opinion in a suit where the Brazilian Institute of Consumer Protection (IDEC) has sued the Sao Paolo Metro for a crowd analytics artificial i…
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