The IAPP Research and Insights team updated its EU Network and Information Security Directive: 101 infographic. The resource is part of a series overviewing legislation adopted under the EU Strategy for Data. Full story
Join IAPP Cybersecurity Law Center Managing Director Jim Dempsey for a LinkedIn Live 12 Nov. discussing the EU Network and Information Security Directive.
It has been one year since U.S. President Joe Biden laid out an ambitious executive order to tackle the risks and benefits associated with the rise of AI. That plan was largely focused on governance within federal agencies, but the frameworks and the research will have ripple effects into future U.S. policies, IAPP Staff Writer Caitlin Andrews reports.Full story
State Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, R-Texas, unveiled the draft Texas Responsible AI Governance Act, which would serve as a comprehensive law to regulate AI development and uses within the state, Pluribus News reports.
Ireland's Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation Dara Calleary published the list of nine government agencies that will be responsible for upholding "fundamental rights" under the EU AI Act. The agencies will be empowered with new charges under the law, such as accessing documentation developers and deployers of AI systems are required to retain.Full story
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner released its 2024 annual report, highlighting its enforcement actions, including its work to introduce the first tranche of the Privacy Act reforms.
Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, updated its personal data protection glossary. It includes 40 updates touching on the role of the personal data handler and international data transfers.Full story
The health care provider Albany ENT & Allergy Services agreed to pay USD2.75 million to resolve claims of failing to protect patient information and failing to respond adequately to a cyberattack. The New York attorney general's office said USD500,000 of the amount is penalty-related while the rest will be invested into information security infrastructure.Full story
Fitness app Strava's location tracking tools that allow users to track their runs have also shown the location data of politicians and U.S. Secret Service members on its platform, the Guardian reports. France's President Emmanuel Macron, as well as U.S. officials, told government workers to stop using the app to prevent further location data from being tracked.Full story
The California Privacy Protection Agency announced plans for a data broker registration compliance sweep. Through its authority under the Delete Act, the agency will explore which defined data brokers operating in California remain unregistered following a prior 31 Jan. 2024 deadline. IAPP News Editor Joe Duball reports on the sweep with thoughts from CPPA Deputy Director of Enforcement Michael Macko.Full story