New Zealand Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster said he wants steeper fines for data privacy violations, Scoop News reports. The remarks at the National Cyber Security Summit came after two surveys showed the public also believes entities should face stronger penalties for infractions.Full story
French startup Zama raised USD73 million from investors for its cryptography technology that promotes data privacy with blockchain and artificial intelligence services, Bloomberg reports. Zama is also creating a homomorphic encryption technology that "allows computations to be performed using encrypted data."Full story
Microsoft announced it will incorporate the Google Privacy Sandbox application programming interface within its advertising products, MediaPost reports. Microsoft will use Google's advertising privacy standards to continue to advance "innovation of privacy enhancing technologies to fully support the requirements of digital advertising."Full story
Digital rights group European Digital Rights wrote an open letter urging the European Data Protection Board to condemn Meta's "pay or OK" subscription model. The group argues a consumer cannot freely consent to privacy when they are forced to pay for it under the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
American Express disclosed a data breach to the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, The Washington Post reports. American Express revealed an undisclosed number of customers' names, account numbers and card information was exposed after a data breach at a third-party company.Full story
U.S. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., introduced the Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act, which proposes barring the sale of citizens' sensitive data by data brokers to foreign adversaries and entities they control.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office opened a "call for views" from businesses and digital advertising stakeholders on how "pay or OK" subscription models can achieve third-party cookie compliance. The ICO asked organizations to determine if such a model would be practical for their users as the agency continues to develop cookie regulations.Full story
As ensuring children's data privacy becomes a business necessity, the newly launched compliance platform k-ID is attempting to offer a streamlined solution for online video game developers to ease their global regulatory burdens.
Spain's data protection authority, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, ordered Tools for Humanity, founder of the Worldcoin cryptocurrency project, to cease the collection and processing of personal data in Spain. The AEPD reported receiving complaints regarding alleged collection of minors' data without allowing the withdrawal of consent.
The Washington Post reports the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favor of Telegram in its case against Russian authorities' attempt to loosen its end-to-end security encryption for messages. The court argued having strong encryption is essential to a private life, a sentiment that could ease pressure on social media companies to allow law enforcement access to user data.Full story