The IAPP will host a LinkedIn Live today, Monday, 8 April, to begin dissecting the aspects of the newly-published draft American Privacy Rights Act. Center for Democracy and Technology Vice President of Policy Samir Jain and Future of Privacy Forum Director for U.S.
During the IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2024, California Privacy Protection Agency Executive Director Ashkan Soltani said the CPPA will dive deeper into privacy regulations and focus on California Privacy Rights Act compliance. IAPP News Editor Joe Duball reports on the agency's current ventures and objectives for 2024.Full story
The future of artificial intelligence regulation is still being written, stakeholders told attendees of the IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2024. IAPP Staff Writer Caitlin Andrews chronicles the key issues and uncertainties companies and regulators face and how current and new policies will shape their path.Full story
Global data transfers and jurisdiction localization laws with varying degrees of export restrictions have been a major topic of conversation at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2024.
Security and privacy pioneer Ross Anderson died 28 March at the age of 67. Anderson was a security engineering professor at Cambridge University and the University of Edinburgh, and an outspoken leader in privacy, cryptography and security operations. IAPP Staff Writer Lexie White reports on Anderson's influential career.Full story
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office signed a multilateral agreement to join the Global Cooperation Arrangement for Privacy Enforcement. The ICO and Global CAPE will work together in enforcement of cross-border data protection and privacy matters and the ICO can assist with investigations and share information with member countries.Full story
New Zealand's Office of the Privacy Commissioner is launching a "precautionary" inquiry into the facial recognition trial of grocery retailer Foodstuffs North Island, NewstalkZB reports. The facial recognition technology used at Foodstuffs will be monitored to ensure compliance with the Privacy Act. Full story
France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, addressed EU General Data Protection Regulation economic impact studies conducted five years after its implementation, noting they insufficiently capture benefits for businesses and "welfare gains for individuals." The CNIL said the studies confirm regulator's advice strategy and affirm the importance of privacy as a public good.Full story
Five Ontario hospitals are sending more than 326,000 breach notifications to patients following a major cyberattack that affected the hospitals' services for weeks, Yahoo News reports.
Microsoft is developing prompt shields for its artificial intelligence chatbots to stop users from asking the chatbots "weird" questions, Fortune reports. The shield will also aim to deter potential hackers and "spot suspicious inputs and block them in real time."Full story