NORWAY
Norwegian
Government Fines Meta for Privacy Infringement
On August 8, 2023, the
Norwegian government imposed a fine on Meta for infringement of privacy,
Reuters reported.
In 2019, German regulatory authorities
ordered Meta not to collect personal information from platforms such as
Facebook and Instagram without the user's 'separate' prior consent for use in
advertising sales. In response, Meta filed a lawsuit with the German court,
saying it was an excessive measure. The court requested the European Court of
Justice (ECJ), the highest judicial body in Europe, for a judgment. In
response, on July 4, 2023, the Court made a decision that there was no problem
with the German authorities being involved in Meta's privacy infringement
issue.
On 4 January 2023, the Irish Data
Protection Commission (DPC) fined Facebook and Instagram respectively, saying
that Meta's personalized advertising business violated the EU's General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR)1).
The Norwegian data
protection authority, Datatilsynet, argued that Meta could not collect data of
the actual location of Norwegian users and use it for personalized advertising without
permission. As a result, Meta didn’t fulfill the obligation that they had to
prove that the issue was resolved with the Norwegian regulatory authorities by
August 4, 2023 for the same.
Meta said that they plans to seek
"consent" from users in the European Union (EU) to tackle the problem
of personalized advertising, and then allow social media services to target ads
based on what users see. Regarding this, Tobias Judin, Head of International
Division at Datatilsynet argues that it is not possible to know exactly how the
'consent' mechanism will be implemented, and that it is not justified to
violate people's rights every day until the mechanism is implemented, so only
seeking 'consent' is not sufficient.
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Datatilsynet plans to fine Meta 1
million kroner per day from Aug. 14, 2023 to Nov. 4, 2023 for privacy
infringement.
The decision could be
referred to the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to make it permanent,
with the possibility of extending the scope of the decision to other parts of
Europe.
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1) The DPC judged that the
'preliminary explanation to the user' as stipulated in the EU's General
Personal Information Protection Act (GDPR) was not sufficiently done with
respect to basic matters such as the purpose and legal basis for obtaining
usage information (source) : Reuters).
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WIPO
World Intellectual
Property Organization selects Sao Paulo, Brazil, as an innovation hotspots
On Aug, 1, 2023, the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced that the Brazilian city of
‘São Paulo’ was selected as an innovation hotspots1) and presented reasons and
specific grounds.
São Paulo is a rich middle
class in Brazil with cash grants, a minimum wage policy and various other
social policies. More than half of Brazil's startups and unicorns have grown,
and it is also a concentration of venture capital firms and large corporations.
What has made ‘São
Paulo’s innovation hotspot successful?
(1) Leading in patenting
Sao Paulo recorded more
than one-fifth of all Brazilian patent applications in both the International
Patent Family (IPF) and the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property
(INPI Brasil), It has a higher application volume than other regions such as
Mexico City, Buenos Aires, and Santiago.
(2) Technological
diversification
São Paulo's patent
activity is spread across various technology fields. This technological diversity
not only contributes to São Paulo's innovations combining knowledge and
expertise from different fields, but also has the potential to lead to the
creation of more complex and valuable technologies.
(3) Harnessing innovation
networks
São Paulo plays the role
of an intermediary in local innovation and a connecting channel between
co-inventive networks. The concentration of multinational corporations in São
Paulo facilitates knowledge transfer between regions and creates a dynamic link
between domestic and multinational corporations to carry out cooperation in the
patent sector.
(4) Driving local
initiatives
São Paulo has two
initiatives supporting industrial and technological development: Desenvolve-SP
and Technology Park System (SPTec). ‘Desenvolve-SP’ is an initiative that
supports economic development policies, and ‘SPTec’ corresponds to an
initiative that promotes business synergy and attracts technology investment by
providing research and development opportunities to companies.
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1) “Innovation hotspot”
refers to the high-density innovation regions of the world that collaborate to
push the global technology frontier. Global innovation networks (GIN) are
formed based on innovation regions, which expand the potential scope and scale
of innovation activities. (Source: WIPO).
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