To address the data privacy issues artificial intelligence development causes, the rapid deployment of the technology is "making it glaringly clear that a privacy law rethink is long overdue," TeachPrivacy President and CEO Daniel Solove writes. Solove warned against carving out policies that further "AI exceptionalism" and offered suggestions for legal architecture and approaches.Full story
After a contentious debate in U.S. Congress over renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act over the last several months, the law was ultimately reauthorized 20 April.
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 outlines how the data minimization requirements in Maryland's recently passed comprehensive privacy bill may signal a new era of consumer privacy beyond notice and choice.Full story
The Wall Street Journal detailed the complex process health care insurance provider UnitedHealth Group will have to undergo to restore its systems after an extensive data breach at Change Healthcare.
From another delay to the European Agency for Cybersecurity's European Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services, to the European Data Protection Board's strategy for 2024-2027, Parliament's adoption of the European Health Data Space, and ramped up enforcement of the Digital Services Act, it was a busy week for privacy in the EU. IAPP Managing Director, Europe, Isabelle Roccia, CIPP/E, breaks down the details you need to know.Full story
Civil rights advocacy group Campaign for Accountability sent letters to five U.S. state attorneys general seeking an investigation into crisis pregnancy centers' collection of sensitive medical information, NBC News reports. The group claimed reproductive health centers are gathering personal medical information without disclosing how the information is protected. The U.S.
TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, would rather face a full shutdown in the U.S. than divest itself of the app and sell its algorithm once all reasonable legal options are exhausted, Reuters reports. The report comes after U.S. President Joe Biden signed omnibus foreign aid package containing provisions requiring ByteDance to divest itself from TikTok within nine months, as well as a ban on data brokers sending U.S.
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Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, and the Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services Management and Innovation Secretariat presented a process for streamlining data subject access requests. The improvements include simplifying complaint forms and improving the functionality of the ANPD's website.Full story
BakerHostetler's 2024 Data Security Incident Response Report detailed the 1,150 data security incidents it oversaw in 2023. The law firm found ransomware was used in 72% of data breaches with an average ransomware payment of USD747,651.