Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., enacted bills to limit the use and subsequent harms of AI-generated deepfakes and likeness replication. Three bills signed by Newsom require social media companies to moderate the circulation of election-related deepfake content. Separately, Newsom approved two bills protecting actors' and performers' digital likenesses against AI replication before and after their deaths.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced a USD13 million settlement with AT&T to resolve a data breach investigation involving customer data exposed in a contracted vendor's cloud environment. As part of the settlement, AT&T entered into a consent decree committing to enhance its data security practices and supply chain integrity. Full story
India's draft Digital Personal Data Protection Act regulations will be subject to a month-long stakeholder consultation upon their release, Moneycontrol reports.
Spain's data protection authority, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, issued guidance around mobile device use in an educational setting.
South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission published guidance detailing when consent is needed for personal information processing.
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework took force 15 Sept. for certified companies.
With the rise in direct-to-consumer genetic testing comes a range of fresh privacy risks for individuals. Those potential issues are being addressed through state-level privacy legislation — both targeted and comprehensive — as well as federal enforcement actions. IAPP Principal Researcher, Privacy Law and Policy, Müge Fazlioglu, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, analyzes the U.S. guardrails around genetic privacy and how recent enforcement work could shape future compliance.Full story
Latvia's Data State Inspectorate discussed companies' obligations to protect former employees' personal information.
Instagram introduced privacy features for users under age 18, including making private accounts the default setting, enabling overnight notification limits and additional parental supervision tools, The New York Times reports. Meanwhile, The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce scheduled an 18 Sept.
The New York Times reports on TikTok's bid for an injunction against the U.S. government's law compelling the platform to divest from ByteDance, its Chinese parent company, to continue U.S. operations. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit questioned TikTok's arguments alleging it was singled out by the new law while the government was probed over the law's First Amendment concerns. If the law stands, TikTok must find a U.S.-based owner by 19 Jan.