The Indian government’s impending data protection legislation is expected to allow the transfer of data and storage in approved locations, the Economic Times of India reports. The new Digital Data Protection Bill reportedly scraps the data localization requirement in its previous incarnation, the Personal Data Protection Bill, that was withdrawn in August.
The “misconfiguration” of a server for a Kentucky medical claims processing firm for U.S. jails and prisons exposed confidential information of nearly 600,000 inmates, GovInfoSecurity reports. The firm, CorrectCare Integrated Health, reported at least three "unauthorized access/disclosure" breaches to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services because of the misconfiguration. The breach, which affected inmates who received medical care while incarcerated over the last 10 years, included personally identifiable information.
Twitter named Renato Monteiro, FIP, as its acting data protection officer following the resignation of several key privacy and security personnel last week, TechCrunch reports. The platform notified its lead data protection supervisor, Ireland's Data Protection Commission, of the appointment. Twitter is required to have a DPO under the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
U.K. Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Deputy Director for Domestic Data Protection Policy Owen Rowland told privacy professionals at the IAPP Data Protection Congress 2022 in Brussels, Belgium, that the latest consultation on the stalled proposed Data Protection and Digital Information Bill will begin shortly. "We are genuinely interested in continuing to engage with the whole range of stakeholders. Different business sectors as well as privacy and consumer groups," Rowland said.
India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is anticipated to introduce a new version of India's proposed data protection bill Nov. 16, the Hindustan Times reports. The bill was withdrawn in Parliament during the Monsoon Session over issues related to personal data protection, Union Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
International data transfer regulation is rooted in heavy manual processes and paperwork. As tedious as that may be, they are an essential pillar for global economies and businesses operating in an increasingly digital world. Scuba Analytics CEO Tony Ayaz takes a look at the future of data transfers, saying legal, compliance and risk teams, and data officers should embrace approaches using new technologies.
Italy’s data protection authority, the Garante, prohibited the general use of facial recognition systems utilizing biometric data until a new law is passed or the end of 2023, Reuters reports. The decision came after two cities planned to implement different facial recognition technologies.
Meta hopes the Irish High Court will “quash” its 405 million euro fine for reportedly violating children’s privacy on its Instagram platform, the Irish Examiner reports. The move comes after Ireland's Data Protection Commission issued a fine to Meta in September after personally identifiable information of teenage Instagram users was automatically published under default settings, which has since been corrected.
U.S. FBI Director Christopher Wray recently told lawmakers that TikTok’s U.S. operations raise "national security concerns," Reuters reports. He claimed the Chinese government could potentially use the application to control users' devices and "control data collection on millions of users or control the recommendation algorithm" and “influence operations.” A TikTok spokesperson said the FBI’s input is only one element of the U.S.