The Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence proposed draft rules for the transfer of personal data outside the kingdom while ensuring adequate privacy safeguards. The draft regulation is open for public consultation until 18 April.
The European Commission opened Digital Markets Act noncompliance investigations against Apple, Alphabet and Meta. Notably, Meta's "pay or OK" subscription model for targeted advertising will be investigated by the Commission.
The New York Times reports General Motors is no longer sharing driver data with LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Verisk after the paper reported on the practice. Many drivers said they did not know the data was being shared and then sold to insurance companies, which used the data to increase premiums.
CyberScoop reports on the criticism facing the proposed Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act, which passed the U.S. House unanimously 20 March. According to privacy advocacy groups, the proposed legislation does not go far enough to rein in the data broker industry.
Iceland's data protection authority, Persónuvernd, issued a ISK1.5 million fine to Stjörnuna ehf, the operator of Iceland's Subway restaurants. The Persónuvernd found the company "did not comply with the law on personal protection and processing of personal information" following investigation of an employee complaint alleging nonconsensual employer monitoring through surveillance cameras.Full story
Kenya's Office of the Data Protection Commissioner informed TikTok it needs to prove it is in compliance with the Data Protection Act, Bizcommunity reports. The request comes on the heels of other countries scrutinizing the company's privacy practices.
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology released a blog discussing how to distribute input privacy in privacy-preserving federated learning systems. The post also provides information on data models, secure aggregation and homomorphic encryption methods for secure data management. Full story
Mozilla ended its partnership with software company Onerep after its chief executive admitted to being a stakeholder in a data broker, The Verge reports. Mozilla Vice President of Communications Brandon Borrman said "the outside financial interests and activities of Onerep's CEO do not align with our values."Full story
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said his office will study the privacy practices of the country's top 10 airlines. The probe will focus on how data is being collected, if it is being properly protected and whether airlines are illegally selling or sharing the information with third parties.Full story
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 pulls back the layers on the U.S. Department of Transportation's authority to regulate airline passenger data privacy.Full story