March 2020

Welcome to the second episode of A Techno-Legal Update
(@TechLegalUpdate), a podcast bringing to you
analysis of significant developments at the intersection of law
and technology. 


This edition analyses: 


1. The commencement of civil proceedings by Australia’s data
protection regulator against Facebook, Inc and Facebook
Ireland. 


2. The American FCC’s being poised to announce fines for 4 large
US telcos for selling their subscribers’ real-time location
data. 


3. The proposed ‘EARN IT Act’, which has been introduced in the
US Senate, and the concerns surrounding its implications for
encryption if enacted. 


Disclaimer: This episode was produced by me,
Ravi Nayyar (@ravirockks), as part of my role as
Special Interest Group, Technology, Officer for the
Communications, Entertainment and Technology Law Committee of New
South Wales Young Lawyers (@cetlaw).