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EU-US Privacy Shield invalid. Data exporters using SCCs must consider the country to which data will be transferred and may require additional safeguards.

CJEU invalidates EU-US Privacy Shield; SCCs remain valid In a major development for international data transfers, the European Union's highest court declared Thursday that the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield arrangement — which includes thousands of participating companies — is invalid. The Court of Justice of the European Union, however, did uphold the va...

Privacy laws lag behind as some Canadian police forces begin to use facial recognition technology — CBC News http://ow.ly/ALe430qgCO6.

Privacy laws lag behind as some Canadian police forces begin to use facial recognition technology — CBC News Privacy advocates are calling on all levels of government to create specific regulations around police use of facial recognition technology.

Facebook settles in Illinois for $550M in rare privacy law — Fox News http://ow.ly/XWbR30qgp21

Facebook settles in Illinois for $550M in rare privacy law — Fox News Facebook has agreed to settle a $550 million lawsuit brought on behalf of millions of Illinois users who claim the social network's automated tagging feature powered by facial recognition technology violates their biometric privacy rights.