EU AND UK
- The Court of Justice of the EU released a judgement in court case, ordering controllers to inform internet search engine providers of a request for erasure by the data subjects.
- European Parliament adopted the proposal for a directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the EU.
- Slovak Republic’s Office for the Protection of Personal Data published opinion on consent collection.
- UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office launched consultation on how it prioritises the complaints about public bodies handling of freedom of information requests. Responses can be made till 19 December 2022.
AMERICAS
- Oregon’s Attorney General along with 39 other state attorneys general announced a USD 391.5 million settlement with Google, for unauthorised location tracking.
- Michigan Medicine notified patients about phishing scam on employee emails, exposing health information of about 33,850 patients.
- US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois released judgement, awarding USD 228 million to class members for violations under the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act.
- Oregon’s Senator issued press release urging protection of Americans’ passport data.
INDIA AND ASIA PACIFIC
- MeitY likely to introduce new data protection law with penalty of upto INR 200 crore, remove data localisation and non personal data. Reports Indian Express
- Korea Communications Commission established safety system that can prevent mobile phone data leakage in the secondary market.
- New South Wales’s Information and Privacy Commission published its annual report.
- Cyberspace Administration of China issued notice on ‘Effectively Strengthening the Governance of Online Violence’.
