{"id":3728,"date":"2021-01-05T20:19:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T20:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/2021\/01\/05\/privacy-will-be-a-hot-issue-in-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-01-05T20:19:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T20:19:14","slug":"privacy-will-be-a-hot-issue-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/2021\/01\/05\/privacy-will-be-a-hot-issue-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Roundup – JEDII Tech Links for January 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Image \u00a0from ENISA<\/a>. \u00a0Description: a keyboard, including a big blue key with the word Privacy and an image of a lock. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

With the People’s Privacy Act about to be introduced in Washington state<\/a>, I’ll be focusing even more than usual on privacy for the next few months. \u00a0 \u00a0 Here’s a handful of recent stories on various privacy issues. \u00a0<\/p>\n

What You Need to Know About California’s New Privacy Rules<\/a><\/h3>\n

K Royal on Dark Reading<\/em><\/p>\n

Proposition 24 will change Californians’ rights and business’s responsibilities regarding consumer data protection.<\/p>\n

Singapore police can access COVID-19 contact tracing data for criminal investigations<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

By Eileen Yu for By The Way<\/em><\/p>\n

Under the country’s Criminal Procedure Code, the Singapore Police Force can obtain any data — including information gathered by the contact tracing TraceTogether app and wearable token — to facilitate criminal probes, confirms cabinet minister.<\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s spy agencies caught collecting COVID-19 app data<\/a><\/h3>\n

By Zack Whitaker on TechCrunch<\/em><\/p>\n

A government watchdog said the data was scooped up “in the course of the lawful collection of other data.”<\/p>\n

App privacy labels show stark contrasts among messaging apps<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ben Lovejoy on 9to5mac<\/em><\/p>\n

Apple’s new app privacy labels went live in the App Store last month, giving users the chance to see what data is collected by each.<\/p>\n

Google\u2019s iOS apps haven\u2019t been updated in weeks. Could Apple\u2019s privacy labels be the reason?<\/a><\/h3>\n

By Michael Grothaus on Fast Company<\/em><\/p>\n

As of December 8, Apple requires developers to publish privacy labels for their apps. The last time Google updated any of its iOS apps was the day before.<\/p>\n