As part of Brexitification, the UK is about to turn over supervision of WhatsApp and Meta data to US global regulators, rather than having it supervised in Ireland as it is now. Meta is in the process of issuing a new privacy policy and assuring UK users that this will be just fine, and barely anything will change.
Woolworths has raised ire for its dubious new improvement of adding surveillance cameras to monitor customers (without notification) using self-checkout in 100 of its Australian stores. Woolworth, which plans a larger rollout to more stores, bills this as a way to prevent “accidental” wrong scans. It also concedes its use monitoring for shoplifting and says the footage has been used for staff training (though promises that people’s faces and keypad punches are blurred to prevent identification). Regardless, customers are not being informed or given a chance to consent so may... Read More >
Coming in Q2 2023 major changes to Hong Kong’s privacy laws. Hong Kong’s Privacy Commissioner says plans include mandatory breach notifications, direct regulation of data processors with regards to data retention and security, and a requirement for data users to have a clear retention policy.
Salesforce has reversed course on its bid to acquire data management and integration platform Informatica a source has told Reuters. Informatica itself said that it is not in talks to be acquired. Salesforce stocks rose on this latest news while Informatica’s fell.