The U.S. House Committee on Rules announced 5 April it will attempt to put a "compromise" bill extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to a floor vote, The Record reports. House members are expected to vote on amendments that would require a search warrant prior to accessing the Section 702 communications database.
Maryland is on course to alter the U.S. comprehensive state privacy law network following passage of its comprehensive bill through the General Assembly 6 April. Atop the bill's nuances is a broad data minimization standard not observed in other comprehensive state-level legislation. If enacted, the bill takes effect 1 Oct. 2025. IAPP News Editor Joe Duball has the details on the bill and its potential impacts.Full story
Bloomberg Law reports members of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce will introduce a companion bill to the Senate's proposed legislation to update the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. Reps. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., and Kathy Castor, D-Fla., will carry the bipartisan bill, which has already passed the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and awaits full Senate consideration.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission revealed its intention to draft broadband privacy rules.
France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, issued its first set of recommendations for using artificial intelligence technologies while ensuring the protection of personal data. The recommendations focus on the legal and technical aspects of AI use in the context of complying with the EU General Data Protection Regulation, including a legal basis to process personal data using AI systems and carrying out tests when data is reused.
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a report explaining financial privacy concerns with online video game purchases due to the large amount of data collected within games' marketplaces.
Denmark's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, updated its guidance on how to conduct data transfers to third countries. The guidelines touch on new information from the European Data Protection Board and the European Commission.Full story
South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission released a guide to help overseas businesses comply with the Personal Information Protection Act. The guide focuses on approved changes to the law in 2023 that businesses might have missed.Full story
A examination by The New York Times found companies used online resources to train their artificial intelligence systems, including content such as YouTube videos, photos, podcasts and movie clips. The AI training practices have raised privacy concerns after some companies used copyrighted material and user data from social media to support AI models.Full story
In a surprise development first reported 5 April, two key members of U.S. Congress released a draft bipartisan, bicameral federal privacy bill. U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, shared the draft legislation Sunday.