The Netherlands' data protection authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, said there needs to be better standards to protect privacy within the education field, particularly as it begins to adopt more use of artificial intelligence technologies. A review of practices found educators had taken steps to comply with privacy law but there is little regulation when it comes to AI software use.Full story
Andorra's Data Protection Agency updated its cookie usage, privacy notice and legal notice guidance. The changes include cookie storage, consumer consent and transparency with consumers. The APDA is working to aid compliance with the ePrivacy Directive.Full story
Amazon's Ring is ending its partnership with law enforcement that allowed police to request broad access to users' app footage via warrant, The Washington Post reports.Full story
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The IAPP Research and Insights Team updated its Key Dates for EU Initiatives resource. Updates include major items in the EU regulatory landscape up through 2026.Full story
EU organizations that process personal data for analytics purposes should seek additional legal bases under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, Dawn Health Compliance Manager Isabela Meloncini, CIPP/E, CIPM, writes.
The IAPP Research and Insights Team published the fifth installment of its continuing series, "European Strategy for Data — Overview of New Regulations." The "EU Data Act 101" by European Operations Coordinator Laura Pliauskaite, offers a chart that provides an overview on which entities are permitted to access and use data generated across all economic sectors in the EU under the Data Act.Full story
The Washington Post reports on four consumer protection bills released by Democratic Maryland lawmakers that would limit companies' ability to collect data, add new rights to access that data and introduce new children online privacy rules. The bills, if passed, would put Maryland in line with a handful of other state privacy laws.Full story
Norway's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, said it will assess the European Data Protection Board's recommendations on how data controllers can be better supported in its 2023 survey report. Datatilsynet chose not to participate in the review in order to focus on its own data protection strategy.Full story
IAB Europe submitted a list of observations to the European Commission's Multistakeholder Expert Group Questionnaire for the upcoming 2024 Report on the Application of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.