As mentioned previously, every month I post a listing of the IAJGS Records Access Alert topics from the previous month for you to see the variety of issues…some were posted on this discussion group but most were not—all postings are included below.  The following are the summaries for the month of January 2022.  In order not to miss out on important information it is worthwhile for you to be subscribed to the Records Access Alert. Without records, genealogists cannot do genealogy –making certain that we retain access and gain access where it is impaired is every genealogists' responsibility.

• Identity Theft Resource Center's 2021 Annual Report

• Global Minimum Corporate Tax--EU Reporter Opinion Piece 

• More on Court Staying Ancestry's Case Brought by some Nevada Consumer's Regarding the Use of their Likeness in School Yearbook Photographs 
• (US-Apple & Google) ) Class Action Suit Filed Against Apple and Google Claiming They Violated US Antitrust Laws 
• (Germany and Google) Antitrust Regulator Concludes Google Meets Threshold for Special Abuse Control
• (Germany-Google) Google Offers to Remove Google News Showcase From General Search Results In Germany  Nazi Archive in Poland Sheds Light on Anti-Masonic History 
• (Canada) Canadian Broadcasters Urging Government to Force Google and Facebook to Share Revenue
•  
• (Austria) Austrian Data Watchdog Rules German Company's Use of Google Analytics Breaches GDPR By Sending Data to USA 
• (Canada) Newfoundland and Labrador Death Certificates 1950-1968 Online
• (European Union) European Data Protection Supervisor Issues Decision That EU Parliament violated GDPR on its COVID Testing Website 
• (European Union) Fines for Breaches of EU Privacy Law Spike 7 Fold to $1.2 Billion 
• (European Union) Head of European Parliament Dies 
• (European Union) New EU Parliament President Elected 
• (France) French Data Regulator CNIL Set to Fine Google and Facebook (Meta) with Large Fines 
• (Ireland) Draft Legislation Would Allow Adopted Person to Access Full Birth Certificate
• (Ireland) Online Safety and Media Law Agreed to by Cabinet 
• (Portugal) Mayor's Office in Lisbon Fined $1.4 million for Sending Personal Information to Foreign Diplomats 
• (Russia and Ukraine) Vera Miller Posts About More Russian and Ukrainian Records Online 
• (South Africa) Fire Ravages Parliament in Cape Town the Country's Legislative Capital 
• (United Kingdom) 1921 Census for England and Wales to be Released January 6, 2022 
• (United Kingdom) Wiener Library and Archive-World's Oldest Holocaust Archive Still Collecting Materials 

• (US) Ancestry to Apply Handwriting Recognition AI to Create Searchable Index for 1950 U.S. Census
• (US) American Innovation and Choice Online Act 
• (US) American Innovation and Choice Online Act Move to Senate Floor 
• (US) US Archivist David S Ferriero to Retire (US) US Appeals Court Upholds California Net Neutrality Law 
• (US) Robert Santos Sworn In As New Census Bureau Director 
• (US) Census Memo Cites Unprecedented Meddling about 2020 Census Count by Previous Administration 
• (US) Did You Know You Can Access Your Personal US Census Information Without Waiting 72 Years--for a Fee
• (US) Library of Congress Law Library Webinar on Orientation to Legal Research-US Statutes 
• (US) Privacy Bill Introduced Placing Limits on Targeted Advertising 
• (US) USCIS Updates their Policy Manual 

• (US-CA) California Death Certificates Offer NonBinary Choice Effective January 1, 2022
• (US-ME) Constitutional Right to Privacy                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
• (US-NE) Department of Health and Human Services Proposed Rule on Viewing and release of Vital Records and Marriage and Dissolution of Records 
• (US-NE) Dept of Health and Human Services Proposed Rule on Viewing and Release of Vital Records And Marriage and Dissolution Records 
• (US-VA) Virginia Beach Police Department Used Forged Documents with Fake DNA Evidence 

The IAJGS Board of Directors approved opening the Records Access Alert to anyone who is interested in records access. This was announced previously.  We now have subscribers from many genealogical organizations not previously able to subscribe. To be on top of what is happening you are encouraged to register for the Records Access Alerts to receive the information in a timely manner.  If you are interested in any of the above items, please register for the IAJGS Records Access Alert and look at them in the archives.  To register for the IAJGS Records Access Alert go to: http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/listinfo/records-access-alerts  and follow the instructions to enter your email address, full name and which genealogical organization you belong to a society, SIG  or a subscriber of JewishGen, AVOTAYNU, Legal Genealogist  etc. You will receive an email response that you have to reply to, or the subscription will not be finalized. The alerts are archived and once you register you may access the archives at: http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/private/records-access-alerts/

The IAJGS Records Access Alert is not a daily announcement list. Depending on what happens worldwide, there may be no postings for several days and other times there may be several in one day.

These are listed alphabetically not chronologically.  Each month the locales covered differ.

Jan Meisels Allen

Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee