GovInfoSecurity reports on the reaction to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights' decision to restart a health care privacy law compliance audit after several years. The survey will determine how well health care entities have been following the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance rules.Full story
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released its 2022-2023 Contributions Program cycle report. The report details the OPC's effort to fund "independent privacy research and initiatives that generate new ideas, approaches, and knowledge to help organizations better safeguard personal information and help Canadians make more informed decisions about how to protect their privacy."Full story
Facial recognition technology is expanding across U.S. airports with the goal of making it easier for travelers to go through the Transportation Security Administration screening, The New York Times reports. Facial recognition tech is used at more than 30 U.S. airports and matches a picture taken at the airport "to a physical scan of a license or passport.
Satellite company Albedo Space plans to use satellites at low altitudes that would be able to take images of people but not identify them, The New York Times reports. Electronic Frontier Foundation General Counsel Jennifer Lynch said people should be concerned about the privacy implications this technology could have. "This is a giant camera in the sky for any government to use at any time without our knowledge," Lynch said.Full story
Implementation of the EU Digital Services Act is coming during a "pivotal" year of elections across member states and at the EU level, IAPP Managing Director, Europe, Isabelle Roccia, CIPP/E, writes.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's public comment period on the proposed Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule update is underway. IAPP Westin Research Fellow Andrew Folks, CIPP/US, examines the proposed revisions to the rule and what privacy pros can expect upon finalization.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 explores the potential implications of redrafted children's privacy and online safety bills the U.S. Senate is poised to act on.Full story
U.S. Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., announced a fresh group of bipartisan senators signed on to co-sponsor the proposed Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act. The bill was updated following conversations with stakeholders and technical corrections.
Ireland's High Court will allow privacy rights group NOYB's Max Schrems to participate in two cases connected to Meta being barred from transferring EU user data to the U.S., The Irish Times reports. The cases are a Meta challenge of Ireland's Data Protection Commission prohibiting Meta from transferring user data and the subsequent 1.2 billion euro DPC fine issued to Meta for the transfers.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office released guidance on how data protection obligations can be met while ensuring people still have access to information. The notice aimed to keep a user's content from being incorrectly cited as being illegal information or being kicked off a platform without reason.Full story