In this Privacy Perspectives post and corresponding IAPP white paper, DLA Piper Partner Andrew Serwin, CIPP/A, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, explores the history of U.S. surveillance law in the wake of the "Schrems II" decision.  IAPP Data Scientist and Strategist Suzannah Hicks maps the N...

A class-action lawsuit claims Google employees collected smartphone users’ sensitive data and information on non-Google apps, MediaPost reports. In the suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, New York resident Robert McCoy alleges Google violates privacy and co...

Privacy advocates expressed concerns over the installation of facial recognition technology in Belgrade by the Serbian Ministry of Interior, Emerging Europe reports. Serbia's capital has hundreds of Huawei cameras currently in place and plans to add thousands more as a means to improve safety. Howev...

The Straits Times reports Singapore's Personal Data Protection Commission announced a slew of decisions on violations of the Personal Data Protection Act, including fines totaling $47,000. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner announced the publishing of its "Notifiable Data Breac...

The Beijing Internet Court ruled against Tencent Holdings and ByteDance, owner of Douyin and TikTok, in cases alleging misuse of user data, the South China Morning Post reports. Plaintiffs argued Tencent violated users’ privacy by sharing data between the WeRead and WeChat apps. Tencent was ordered ...