The U.S. Office of the National Cyber Director released its first report detailing progress on the White House's National Cybersecurity Strategy. Among the current initiatives mentioned in the report were risk management around privacy and data security as well as improving incident response and preparedness.
Kenya Ministry of Information, Communications and Digital Economy Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo spoke about the unique challenges facing Africa in boosting its digital infrastructure during a Network of African Data Protection Authorities Annual General Meeting, The Star reports.
Europol joined with European police chiefs in a statement against end-to-end encryption, saying unilateral allowance could hurt criminal investigations, Euractiv reports. Encryption has been at the center of efforts to crack down on online child sexual abuse material, with some saying the privacy measure impedes enforcement.Full story
European Parliament's recruitment tool PEOPLE experienced a data breach affecting temporary staff members, Euractiv reports. The European Data Protection Supervisor was informed of the data breach and PEOPLE was temporarily deactivated after officials warned the data breach potentially exposed personal data to "unauthorised access by external parties."Full story
A tool created for the messaging platform Telegram called "Close-Circuit Telegram Vision" allows searches for publicly shared locations of fellow app users worldwide, 404 Media reports. The tool works as an extension of Telegram's feature to find nearby users and can be disabled for users who choose not to share their locations.Full story
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators proposed to stop the Transportation Security Administration's facial recognition technology deployment from being included in the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill due to privacy concerns, The New York Times reports. Fourteen senators said in a letter to Sen.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released survey results concerning Canadian businesses' views on privacy-related matters. It found 80% of the 800 respondents consider protecting customer information to be a high priority and that most were aware of their privacy obligations under the law.Full story
Enforcement of data minimization requirements are on the rise across many global jurisdictions. Baker & Mackenzie Partners Helena Engfeldt, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, and Elisabeth Dehareng, CIPP/E, explore the areas and impacts of increased scrutiny while noting organizations "should establish and reinforce internal messaging that all data processing activities must be reviewed with a data minimization lens."Full story
The Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, scheduled a 21 June hearing for arguments regarding the California Privacy Protection Agency's rulemaking authority. The California Chamber of Commerce is challenging whether the agency has authority to promulgate future regulations without allowing a grace period to establish compliance measures.
Spain's data protection authority, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, issued joint guidance with three regional DPAs regarding entities seeking to deploy Wi-Fi tracking technology, which allows mobile devices to be tracked through the Wi-Fi signals they emit.