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Categories : CDPI Privacy Newsletter
Dates : January 2024

Microsoft will keep personal user cloud data in EU

January 16, 2024
In a privacy-focused upgrade to its cloud computing area, Microsoft will keep all personal data, including pseudonymized data from automated system logs, from its systems Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365 within the European Union. This will keep personal customer data protected under the GDPR law rather than having data transferred to the legislation-challenged US where there’s still no sign of national privacy laws.
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Relationship at risk? Americans not so in love with their cars

January 16, 2024
Being spied on and having private moments shared isn’t good for relationships – turns out this is true even when the wrongdoer is your car. Following on Mozilla’s recent study that revealed that car companies are dismal at protecting privacy (flagrantly ignoring it, in fact), Kapersky, a cybersecurity company surveyed 2,000 Americans and found 72% quite uncomfortable with automakers sharing their data with third parties. However, surprisingly less than half surveyed expressed concern that the cars have the ability to collect the data in the first place.
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Children’s Privacy: NetChoice gets judge to block Ohio youth social media law

January 16, 2024
Tech industry advocacy group NetChoice won a legal stay of Ohio’s Parental Notification by Social Media Operators Act, a parental consent law that would have taken effect this week. The legislation required social media platforms to obtain consent from parents of children under age 16 for creating new accounts. NetChoice has been fighting this type of law across the US, despite research indicating social media use as a risk to children’s mental health. Is good mental health overrated?
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