International Report April 2022

International Report - Issue 176

07 April 2022

Overview

Contents

PUBLISHER'S COVER NOTE

• Getting privacy right needs more than laws

COMMENT

• The many faces of AI

LEAD STORIES

• Now 157 countries: 12 data privacy laws in 2021/22
  Sri Lanka, Oman and the United Arab Emirates have adopted new data protection laws in 2022. Graham Greenleaf reports on recent developments.
• Apple AirTag debacle shows we need to diversify privacy
  Diversifying privacy means more than diversifying product development and privacy teams. We need to broaden the aperture and centre marginalized voices. By Abigail Dubiniecki, Privacy lawyer and consultant.

NEWS

• GDPR hearing: Enforcement, One-Stop-Shop need improving
• New EU-US data transfer deal agreed in principle

ANALYSIS

• Netherlands: Major privacy class action dismissed by court
• Enforcement by European DPAs against data transfers
• Dark patterns: Here to stay or not going away?

LEGISLATION

• Colorado Privacy Act
• China’s Draft Regulations on push notifications
• Kuwait adopts Data Protection Regulation

MANAGEMENT

• Using MPC technology to enhance privacy in data sharing

NEWS IN BRIEF

• Italy fines Clearview AI €20 million
• Human error accounts for 41% of reported data breaches in Australia
• US state Utah adopts privacy law
• Greece’s DPA issues €9.25 million fine
• Ireland fines Meta €17 million
• EU DPAs issue €1.1 billion in fines