A collaboration between the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.K. Responsible Technology Adoption Unit breaks down how federated learning can be used to protect privacy. The latest entry in the series explored data partitioning and distribution.Full story
U.S. President Joe Biden ordered an investigation into whether the technology in Chinese electric vehicles potentially poses a national security threat because they could send U.S. driver information back to Beijing, The New York Times reports. The move is the first in what could be many actions against Chinese electric cars.Full story
Eight members of the European Consumer Organisation filed complaints with their national data protection authorities objecting to Meta's so called "pay or OK" model, Euractiv reports. The complaints will be consolidated by each data protection authority and referred to Ireland's Data Protection Commission. The complaints generally argue the "pay or OK" model does not adhere to the EU General Data Protection Regulation's principles on fair processing, data minimization and purpose limitation.
Somalia established a data protection authority 24 Feb., News Blaze reports. The Somali Data Protection Authority is charged with preventing data misuse and creating standards, and was launched nearly one year after the country's Data Protection Act was passed.Full story
The New York Times reports the White House will ask the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act through April 2025. While U.S.
New Zealand's Office of the Privacy Commissioner released a privacy impact assessment toolkit. The resource provides the six basic steps of conducting a PIA: Gathering all information, verifying the information against privacy principles, identify privacy risks, producing the PIA, take action, and reviewing and adjusting the PIA as necessary depending on the scope.Full story
Members of European Parliament secured provisions for the Digital Identity Wallet that will allow EU citizens to identify themselves online. MEPs agreed to "safeguard citizens' rights and foster an inclusive digital system by avoiding discrimination against people opting not to use the digital wallet."Full story
Meta will start collecting anonymized data from Quest virtual reality users, including data on users' body and eye movements, IT World Canada reports. The move raised privacy concerns due to the lack of an opt-out option "potentially cornering users into accepting these terms to continue using their Quest headsets."Full story
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission signed a memorandum of understanding. The MOU will "enable greater information sharing in areas such as technical developments, intelligence and the exploration of potential solutions to issues such as scam calls, caller ID spoofing and data privacy matters."Full story
U.S. President Joe Biden will issue an executive order directing the Department of Justice to craft regulations to prohibit data brokers from sending U.S. citizens' sensitive data to adversarial countries. IAPP Staff Writer Alex LaCasse reports on the order and speaks with technology industry stakeholders about its impact.Full story