Mark Zuckerberg refuted a Reuters story yesterday that said Facebook would not bring Europe's General Data Protection
Regulation privacy safeguards around the world.
Not exact matches
In September, the government released proposed Breach of Security
Safeguards Regulations giving more information about amendments from the Digital
Privacy Act that impact Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.
On April 18, 2018, the Canadian government published long - awaited Breach of Security
Safeguards Regulations specifying the requirements for notifying the Office of the
Privacy Commissioner and affected individuals of data breaches that pose a «real risk of significant harm.»
The Digital
Privacy Act amended the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada) to add notification requirements for «breaches of security
safeguards», but we've all been anxiously awaiting
regulations that will breathe life into the provisions.
These most recent laws,
regulations, and legislative proposals come against the backdrop of decades of
privacy - enhancing statutes passed at the federal level to enact
safeguards in fields ranging from government data files to video rental records.
Rather than an across - the - board consent requirement, to protect individuals»
privacy interests while also promoting public safety, we impose a set of procedural
safeguards (described in more detail elsewhere in this
regulation) that covered entities must ensure are met before disclosing protected health information to law enforcement officials.
There also has been recent legislative activity on establishing legal
safeguards for the
privacy of individuals» Social Security numbers, and calls for
regulation of on - line
privacy in general.
This
privacy regulation is an integral part of the overall effort of administrative simplification; it creates a framework for more efficient flows for certain purposes, including treatment and payment, while restricting flows in other circumstances except where appropriate institutional
safeguards exist.
Compare that to Europe, where residents will soon have the EU's General Data Protection
Regulation to
safeguard their
privacy.