In an op-ed in The Australian, Carly Kind, Australia's privacy commissioner, called for reform of the Privacy Act to prevent the use of digital tracking pixels by social media companies. Kind's appeal for privacy law reform comes amid an inquiry by her agency into TikTok's use of tracking pixels.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released new online data breach reporting forms for federal entities and businesses. Federal entities reporting a breach will have their forms submitted to both the OPC and Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. Businesses will now be able to submit additional supporting documents to existing breach reports.Full story
The California State Assembly passed a bill that would require browsers and devices to provide a universal opt-out mechanism for online behavioral advertising, MediaPost reports. Business groups argued the proposed measure does not address jurisdictional issues. The bill advanced to consideration by the California Senate.Full story
The European Data Protection Board published several recommendations for the European Commission's proposed financial data access and payments package. It said there must be clear rules for recording and disclosing personal data, obligations for account and payment initiation service providers, and more clarification around what counts as sensitive payment data.Full story
Meta proposed limits on its sharing of certain personal data from all advertisers in order to comply with U.K. Competition and Markets Authority requests, Reuters reports. The CMA accepted Meta's proposals on a provisional basis and will take public comment on the issues until 14 June.Full story
Denmark's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, completed several inspections of businesses and public entities related to personal data breaches.
The passage of the European Health Data Space "raises unique challenges" for the use of health data for research and innovation, Covington & Burling Of Counsel Kristof Van Quathem writes.
The Netherlands' data protection authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, said a government proposal to better protect credit registration data needs more safeguards. The AP argued the bill needs to require shorter storage time for sensitive data and the information should be deleted after a credit agreement is reached.Full story
IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offers his take on the latest privacy and artificial intelligence governance developments in the nation's capital and around the U.S. He explores the complex landscape around meeting children's privacy needs in the connected world and the advancements that took place this week.Full story
The National Records of Scotland experienced a ransomware attack that stole 3 terabytes of sensitive data from National Health Services, Infosecurity Magazine reports. The NRS said it has contacted patients whose personally identifiable information was breached.Full story