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Canada<\/strong>
\nDocuments leaked by Edward Snowden revealed that Canada allowed the US National Security Agency to conduct widespread surveillance<\/a> during the G8 and G20 summits that were held in Toronto in 2010. It is unclear who the specific targets<\/a> of the surveillance operation were. Both US and Canadian officials declined to comment<\/a> on the new revelations.<\/p>\n

Netherlands<\/strong>
\nA seven-month investigation by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) found that Google\u2019s policy of combining personal data from the various online services that it provides violates Dutch data protection law<\/a>. The DPA\u2019s recent conclusions are based in part a new privacy policy that Google introduced in March 2012<\/a> and implemented, according to the DPA, without adequately informing users about what it would be collecting and why. The same policy is under investigation in five other European states<\/a>: France, Spain, Germany, Italy, and Britain.<\/p>\n

South Africa<\/strong>
\nSouth African President Jacob Zuma signed<\/a> a Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Bill into law. According to a statement issued by a presidential spokesman, \u201cThe act will give effect to the right to privacy<\/a>, by introducing measures to ensure that the personal information of an individual is safeguarded when it is processed by responsible parties.\u201d The new POPI law is designed to protect consumers\u2019 right to privacy<\/a> while not overly burdening online businesses and entrepreneurs who seek to legitimately use their customers\u2019 personal information to provide better services.<\/p>\n

Vietnam<\/strong>
\nThe Vietnamese government\u00a0issued two new decrees<\/a> that create new fines for various offenses related to e-commerce and social media. The full impact<\/a> of the decrees remains to be seen. Critics fear, however, that the new commerce fines place undue restrictions on young e-commerce sites. Activists are also concerned that the new social media fines, which penalize \u201cpropaganda against the state\u201d and expressions of \u201cradical ideology\u201d, could be used to further suppress online activity and activism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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