The Israel Privacy Protection Authority published its final recommendations on conducting a privacy impact assessment before using personal information in a way that entails a substantial risk to the privacy of the data subjects, or a substantial change in their rights. The Authority highlights that because there is currently no general obligation in Israeli law to conduct a privacy impact ...
The European Digital Market Act entered into force on November 1, 2022, ahead of its enforcement which begins on May 2, 2023. The law will initially apply to especially large technology companies whose size impacts the EU market, which have a large volume of users, and have an entrenched and durable position in the EU market.
The law imposes limitations ...
Israel Privacy Protection Authority published draft a draft position paper on the privacy aspects of employers’ practice of requesting that job applicant waive their right to the confidentiality of their health information to facilitate the disclosure of their health information to the prospective employer. The draft guidelines emphasize that such requests must be proportional, specific, and relevant to the requirements ...
Avoiding horizontal legislation governing artificial intelligence, adopting ethical principles for the use of artificial intelligence, promoting proper regulation, and forming tools and knowledge centers on the use and regulation of artificial intelligence – are some of the principles of the draft regulatory policy and ethics in artificial intelligence in Israel, published by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology.
The ...
A federal district court in Chicago, Illinois, has entered a judgment on a jury verdict awarding $228 million in damages to 45,600 drivers in a class action against the freight train company BNSF Railway, for collecting their fingerprints without their prior consent.
The truck drivers alleged that BNSF violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), by requiring them to ...
FIFA has announced it is offering World Cup players a view into the insights of their game performance using a dedicated app, the FIFA PLAYER, developed by FIFA in collaboration with FIFPRO, the global representative of professional soccer players.
FIFA did not explain whether the information will also be viewable to non-players such as coaches, team managers, FIFA itself, or ...
The Israeli Supervisor of Banks issues a draft directive on cryptographic financial assets, in which the Supervisor warns that the involvement of banking corporations in activities related to crypto assets may affect the stability and reliability of the financial environment and raises concerns about consumer protection matters.
The draft directive states that a banking corporation must take the utmost caution ...
The Supreme Court of Israel issued a provisional order in the petition filed by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel against the expansion of powers granted to the Israeli Security Agency (ISA). The Supreme Court’s order compels the respondents (the Israeli government, the Israeli Security Agency (ISA), the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee of the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament)), ...
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