The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Data Security will hold an 8 May hearing dedicated to consumer data security. Subcommittee members will address how to protect the integrity and accessibility of consumer data through "data minimization and robust data security practices."Full story
The New Zealand Parliament Justice Committee is taking public comments on the Privacy Amendment Bill until 14 June. The bill would create a consumer notice requirement for agencies collecting personal information indirectly and make technical adjustments to the current law.Full story
Australian Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind is urging technology companies to implement safeguards before deploying artificial intelligence technology, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
The U.S. Department of State is expected to announce updates to its international cyberspace and digital policy strategy that will focus on global cybersecurity collaborations and artificial intelligence protections, Nextgov reports. The policy will reportedly address surveillance issues, cyberthreats and biometric technologies bias issues as the U.S.
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology published guidance on privacy-preserving federated learning systems that are vertically partitioned. The guidance discusses different aspects of implementing vertical PPFL systems while taking steps to balance "the privacy risk of information leakage against the performance cost of preventing" data leaks.Full story
Several Australian government officials, including the prime minister and attorney-general, issued a joint statement committing to protecting against online harms. The statement noted the intention to bring legislation in August to reform the Privacy Act.
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. This week, he analyzes the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's privacy authority after the agency issued geolocation privacy fines against major wireless providers.Full story
The IAPP Research and Insights Team analyzed the major data privacy and cybersecurity enforcement actions taken by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission since 2018. In that time period, the FTC issued 67 orders in eight main categories. IAPP Westin Research Fellow Andrew Folks, CIPP/US, and WilmerHale Associate Amy Olivero detail the team's analysis.Full story
The road to a final EU Artificial Intelligence Act agreement took many twists and turns, some unexpected. For Laura Caroli, this complicated road has been a lived experience while acting as lead technical negotiator and policy advisor to AI Act co-rapporteur and member of European Parliament Brando Benifei. IAPP Editorial Director Jedidiah Bracy spoke with Caroli in a candid conversation on the approach EU policymakers took in crafting the AI Act, the obstacles negotiators faced and how it fundamentally differs from the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
The lack of clarity of what constituted a data controller or processor of "major importance" under Nigeria's Data Protection Act led to a complicated introduction to compliance when its regulations entered into force. Alliance Law Firm Lawyer Anastasia Edward and The Center for AI and Digital Policy Certified AI Research Fellow Samuel Uzoigwe, CIPM, explain the initial hurdles and how the enforcement landscape is improving.Full story