Data protection legislation is spreading across the world
No. 24: Bringing you the news that matters in video privacy and security
A note from our Editor
Hi all,
We are all starting to become more aware of where our personal data is stored and how it is used - this is being supported with growing data protection legislation spreading across the world. China has just passed a new personal data protection law called PIPL (Personal Information Protection Law), detailing options to opt out of marketing use of data, and to make sure that companies overseas are handling their citizens' data properly and securely.
It is becoming increasingly clear that the handling of personal data is no longer solely the prerogative and responsibility of businesses holding personal information. With the current troubles in Afghanistan, many individuals are wiping their own digital footprint in order to avoid biometric tracking of themselves.
As more societies are getting connected, they are entrusting rich streams of their personal data to local governments and private service providers; many of which do not have comprehensive legal frameworks in place to ensure responsible data access and usage. Paired with the fact that as individuals, we hold personal data of others - family, friends and colleagues - in documents, images and videos that we upload, our own handling of personal data cannot be overlooked.
With advances in AI and analytics, personal data is becoming even more of a hot commodity. As more aspects of our lives continue to move online we will be streaming even more personal data around the globe. The handling of this data on a company as well as an individual level is something we cannot take lightly: we must all take steps to look after, safeguard and secure it as much as we can.
Emma
News
China has passed a new nation sweeping data privacy law
China has passed a new personal data protection law called Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) which is set to take effect on 1st November. It allows app users the right to opt out of their data being used for marketing purposes, foreign companies must now comply with this new legislation and more.
Verge: China passes new privacy law aimed at protecting users’ personal data
Afghans race to wipe their digital history to avoid biometric profiling
Afghans are racing to delete their digital history for fear of their biometric databases being used to track and target them. This comes after the Taliban have used facial recognition technology, fingerprint databases and iris scans in the past to target members of the security forces.
Reuters: Afghans scramble to delete digital history, evade biometrics
New E2E encryption for Facebook's voice and video calls
After having added end-to-end encryption to text messages in 2016, Facebook are now adding it to both voice and video calls. They say that E2EE will become “the industry standard” across messaging services.
Verge: Facebook Messenger is adding end-to-end encryption for voice and video calls
Facebook: Messenger Updates End-to-End Encrypted Chats with New Features
T-Mobile suffers huge data breach as 48million people's data is compromised
Data from more than 48 million people was compromised in a data breach at T-Mobile. Even though the hacker actually advertised that they had information from 100 million people, the vast majority of those affected are not actually current T-Mobile customers at all.
WIRED: The T-Mobile Breach Is Much Worse Than It Had to Be
Verge: T-Mobile data breach exposed the personal info of more than 47 million people
Delivery scams now most common of phishing
Parcel and package scams make up 53.2% of all reported text phishing attempts in the UK. This is when scam text messages are sent by threat actors who are posing as postal delivery firms.
AI Snippet of the Week
Deep Learning helps predict plant traits from photos
Photographs of plants are being used alongside observations of their growth to determine the main causes and effects for differing ecosystems, in a bid to help with global warming. This is with the help of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), a form of AI, which can be used as powerful tools to assess the Earth's plant diversity.
Policy Updates
The latest on SCCs and international data transfers
On 11th August 2021, the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) launched a consultation on its draft international data transfer agreement (IDTA) and guidance for businesses on international transfers. Once finalised, the IDTA will replace existing EU SCCs in the UK - since the EU's recently published updated SCCs do not apply to the UK following Brexit.
National Law Review: ICO Consultation on International Data Transfer Agreement to Replace SCCs
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