A new amendment to the Israeli Supervisor of Banks’ directive on money laundering and terror financing risks states that Israeli baking corporations may no longer refuse to provide payment services in transactions merely because they involve cryptocurrency, so long as the cryptocurrency service provider in the transaction is duly licensed to provide services in Israel. The amended directive further states ...
North Carolina became the first state in the U.S. to enact a law that prohibits state and local public agencies from engaging with ransomware hackers demanding ransom, and from paying them any ransom. Under the new statute, upon an agency’s discovery of ransomware in its systems, it must report the incident to the North Carolina Department of Information Technology (DoIT) ...
The Israeli Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved a bill memorandum amending the Police Ordinance, which authorizes the Israel Police to deploy stationary and portable cameras enabling the identification of individuals in real time. The memorandum also authorizes the Police to transfer data from the cameras to the Israeli Security Agency (known as “Shabak”), the Military Intelligence Directorate, and other public ...
The European Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on the Digital Services Act (DSA), which aims to combat the online publication of unlawful content. The DSA sets out strict and unprecedented rules on policing online content, effectively ending the era of self-regulation of content by online platforms.
The DSA will apply to all companies providing online ...
On remand from the Supreme Court of the United States, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reaffirmed the District Court’s preliminary injunction banning LinkedIn from blocking hiQ, a Californian start-up, from accessing LinkedIn’s website through automated means.
The ongoing feud between LinkedIn and hiQ began a few years ago when LinkedIn sent hiQ a cease and deceased ...
Connecticut is the fifth state in the U.S. to enact a comprehensive privacy protection law, following California, Virginia, Colorado, and Utah. The new act on personal data privacy and online monitoring will enter into force in July 2023. Its provisions are similar to those of the corresponding acts in Virginia and Colorado.
The new Act applies to any person who ...
Haim Ravia has contributed to OneTrust's DataGuidance of Israel: Cybersecurity, 2022. The guidance, published on OneTrust's DataGuidance platform, spans an overview of Israel's cybersecurity regulatory framework, at both the general level and the sector-specific level. Among the topics discussed are the legislative landscape, regulatory authorities exercising jurisdiction, data security and breach notification requirements, and penalties for non-compliance.
The Dutch Privacy Protection Authority imposed an unprecedented fine of 4,750,000 Euros for significant violations of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). The regulator’s investigation found that the Dutch Tax Authority had unlawfully collected sensitive personal data of over 250,000 Dutch citizens and recorded it in its fraud signaling system for over six years. Some of the individuals whose data ...
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