The U.S. House voted in favor of fast-tracking a bill to compel TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to divest itself of the app, The New York Times reports. If passed and signed into law, the bill would give ByteDance up to one year to find a U.S.-government approved buyer for TikTok or face a nationwide ban.
The Netherlands' data protection authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, warned government offices not to use Facebook if they are uncertain how visitors' data will be affected. The AP said after a 2021 investigation it could not determine whether visitor information is collected legally by the platform.Full story
The IAPP released several full-length keynote presentations from the IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2024. Columbia University Law Professor Anu Bradford discussed the differences between digital regulatory models in China, the EU and the U.S. and their implications for liberal democracy.
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California agreed to the settlement terms of Google's location privacy lawsuit that would require Google to pay USD62 million, MediaPost reports. The class-action lawsuit accused Google of storing "location data harvested from some services, including search and maps, even when users have attempted to prevent the data collection."Full story
Israel's Privacy Protection Agency issued analysis of health care providers' data privacy compliance. The PPA report is based on a survey to health entities on organizational and corporate governance, database management and information security. Following discovery and notice of compliance shortcomings, the PPA found the 45% of noncompliant entities corrected the previously cited issues.Full story
South Korea's Personal Information Protection Committee and the Korea Internet and Security Agency launched a pilot program for a joint privacy-by-design certification. The program is intended to improve personal information collection devices present in everyday life. The first approved certification went to a home security camera manufacturer.Full story
The IAPP is collecting responses to the 2024 IAPP Governance Survey. The annual survey aims to collect data on organizations' privacy governance and compliance behaviors for a clearer picture of the compliance environment and a better understanding of how organizations address burdens.Full story
A U.K. lawsuit claims dating app Grindr shared users' sensitive information, including HIV status, with third parties without consent, Reuters reports.
In an op-ed for AdExchanger, Neolaw co-founder and Privacy Lawyer Andy Hepburn, CIPP/US, said the Global Privacy Control that allows consumers to opt out of targeted advertisements is too restrictive. Hepburn said a better approach for GPC settings "would enable advertisers to deliver relevant ads to consumers for the products and services that interest them."Full story
The U.S. Senate opened debate on reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act with a 67-32 procedural vote, CNN reports. It is unclear if the Senate will formally pass the House bill for renewing FISA before Section 702 sunsets 19 April. Bipartisan opposition to renew could draw out the voting process to as late as 21 April.