Australia Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus revealed inclusions and exclusions concerning provisions of the pending Privacy Act reform, The Sydney Morning Herald reports. Australia's government received 116 recommendations for the reform, including 106 that will either be included in the pending legislative update or worked on as future policies.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office warned organizations regarding the need to increase data protection and security concerning sensitive information belonging to victims of domestic abuse. The warning comes as the ICO issued seven reprimands in 14 months over data breaches involving domestic abuse victims. "This is a pattern that must stop.
In an open letter to Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne, stakeholders called for major changes to Bill C-27, Canada's proposed omnibus privacy and artificial intelligence legislation, the Financial Post reports.
Reuters reports Finland's Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman suspended a temporary ban on data transfers to and from Russia through ride-hailing app Yango.
The Wall Street Journal reports on the use of building-entry badge systems as the latest employee monitoring tool. Amazon, Google, Meta and other multinationals have begun increasing their reviews of employee swipe-ins for attendance tracking. Fisher Phillips Partner Kathleen McLeod Caminiti said employers are not legally required to hand over badge swipe data even at the request of an employee.Full story
California's First District Court of Appeal ruled Facebook can face a lawsuit over allegations its advertising algorithm discriminated against users, The Verge reports. Forty-eight-year-old plaintiff Samantha Liapes alleged the company did not show insurance ads to her because of her age and gender.
MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment are facing five class-action lawsuits over data breaches, 8NewsNow reports. The lawsuits claim the casinos failed to protect customers' personally identifiable information and disclosures about the breaches were inadequate.
CyberScoop reports public records obtained by the Just Futures Law legal project show a mobile app used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to track migrants collects large amounts of sensitive data, including personally identifiable information and geolocation data. The records show BI's SmartLINK app also collects biometric and health data, with little detail on how the data is used and stored.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has funds to continue operating until 20 Oct. if the U.S. government fails to avoid a shutdown by 30 Sept., Bloomberg reports. After that, the agency would furlough staff, pause active litigation and its work could slow, including rulemaking on commercial surveillance and amendments to the Health Breach Notification Rule.Full story
The U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board will discuss 28 Sept.