Transcend introduced its Preference Management tool that allows companies to remain compliant with consumers' privacy preferences. Transcend CEO Ben Brook said the tool aims to help "companies gain a clear system of record for user preferences — providing clarity on which contacts have approved communications — to drive business innovation."Full story
Alibaba Cloud and semiconductor manufacturer Nvidia announced a partnership on an AI initiative in China to advance autonomous driving capabilities for smart vehicle owners, the South China Morning Post reports. The partnership involves integrating Alibaba Cloud's Qwen portfolio of large language models with Nvidia's Drive AGX Orin platform used in autonomous vehicles.
Data deletion company Optery announced it will share user data with OpenAI, raising concerns about the company's data collection and sharing practices, 404 Media reports. Optery CEO Lawrence Gentilello later said, due to consumer feedback, the practice will be opt-in only and will share customer's "screenshots and data necessary to process the screenshots."Full story
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced individuals who use the platform for illegal and harmful activity will have their information, including IP addresses and phone numbers, shared with law enforcement agencies, the Guardian reports. Durov said the platform used AI to limit search options to ensure bad actors don't "jeopardise the integrity of our platform for almost a billion users."Full story
France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, published recommendations for mobile app developers to build privacy-compliant products following a public consultation.
Join IAPP Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer Caitlin Fennessy, CIPP/US, for a LinkedIn Live 30 Sept. discussing the findings from the IAPP's Organizational Digital Governance Report, which outlines the "digital entropy" organizations are facing due to the overlaps, gaps and conflicts stemming from digital risk and regulation.
IAPP Cybersecurity Law Center Managing Director James Dempsey will host a LinkedIn Live 1 Oct. to discuss the growing regulatory landscape and how organizations can fit the legal requirements to comply with privacy policies.
The White House is looking to ban connected cars with Chinese software to prevent potential privacy vulnerabilities, The New York Times reports. U.S.
The IAPP announced an expansion of its mission and the launch of its new Cybersecurity Law Center. With the launch of the new CLC, the IAPP named leading cybersecurity law, privacy and internet policy expert Jim Dempsey as executive director.
Delivering remarks at the Aspen Institute on Abuse and Misuse of Personal Data, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra discussed the White House's executive order banning the transfer of sensitive U.S. data to adversarial countries. Per the order, Chopra said the CFBP is developing a rule to give consumers more control over their personal data, and will apply more scrutiny to data brokers under the U.S.