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October 6, 2015
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Bermuda To Pursue Privacy Law

"Bermuda has become the sixth Caribbean nation to pursue privacy legislation after recently launching a draft model Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) for public consultation. The review period, which began July 10, will last until Aug. 17 and follows a recent survey that found 97% of Bermuda residents believe the safeguarding of their personal information is ""important,"" the British territory's Department of E-Commerce said in a statement. The draft model lays out organizations' requirements to properly use and protect individual's personal data, whether held electronically or manually. It follows international standards and was drafted taking into account the territory's ""economic interests, regulatory regime and unique characteristics,"" according to the department."

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Russia Introduces A Right To Be Forgotten

"With the aim of keeping pace alongside European practice, the Russian President signed into law a bill amending the Federal Law ""on information, information technologies and on protection of information"" No. 149-FZ of 27 July 2006. This law introduces in Russia the so-called ""right to be forgotten"" or ""right to oblivion"" and will take effect on January 1, 2016. Under the Law, upon receiving a request from an individual, search engines must cease listing links to Internet pages with information on the individual where such information is: unlawfully disseminated, untrustworthy, outdated, or irrelevant. The Law includes exemptions that search engines can rely on when the information is about events reporting a crime and where the limitation period for criminal liability has not expired, as well as for crimes committed by an individual where their conviction record has not been erased. It is too early to predict the impact of the Law. However, major Russian search engines have already criticized the Law."

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Security Check Firm USIS Accepts $30 Million Fraud Settlement

"United States Investigations Services, the security firm which vetted Edward Snowden, has agreed to a fine of about $30 million to settle U.S. charges related to the way it conducted background checks on applicants for sensitive government jobs. The Justice Department said USIS engaged in practice internally called ""dumping"" or ""flushing,"" in which the company released the background checks of individuals to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and presented these cases as having been completed when, in fact, they were not. USIS had been the U.S. government 's largest private provider of security checks. ""Shortcuts taken by any company that we have entrusted to conduct background investigations of future and current federal employees are unacceptable,"" said Benjamin Mizer, head of the Justice Department 's civil division."

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