Speaking at techUK's Digital Ethics Summit, U.K. Information Commissioner John Edwards warned the global population could lose trust in artificial intelligence and called on developers to embed privacy into their models. He said, "Privacy and AI go hand in hand — there is no either/or here.
In an interview with the Australian Financial Review, incoming Australian Privacy-Commissioner Carly Kind said employee monitoring technology like keystroke activity and eye-movement measurements indicate national privacy laws are lagging behind. "There's a real mismatch between how quickly those (biometric) technologies are moving and how well they are appropriately regulated in many different jurisdictions," Kind said.
U.S. Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stating if allegations the company collected personal data from users under age 13 are correct then it would show "callous disregard" for the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, MediaPost reports.
The Netherlands data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, released a report urging companies to be transparent about data protection practices. The AP said companies need to explain EU General Data Protection Regulation compliance and data management standards to build trust as online businesses expand.Full story
Clearview AI reached a preliminary settlement in a class-action lawsuit over alleged Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act violations, BiometricUpdate reports. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The case concerns data scraping claims and alleged sale of the collected data.Full story
TechCrunch reports Israeli startup Mine collected USD30 million series B funding for its consumer-focused data privacy services. Mine's technology employs artificial intelligence to search an individual's personal data across companies and facilitate data deletion from a given company per consumer orders.
Despite a general slowdown in the availability of investor funds for privacy technology vendors in the last year, Osano is making waves in the marketplace. Building on a USD25 million funding round in August, the vendor is now set to acquire enterprise-level privacy program management vendor WireWheel.
The IAPP published the IAPP-EY Professionalizing Organizational AI Governance Report 2023, which reflects common organizational artificial intelligence governance trends in the privacy context. The report is based on 500 survey responses from 50 countries on AI questions posed in the IAPP-EY Privacy Governance Report 2023. Responses covered internal guidelines and practices organizations follow to ensure responsible development, deployment or use of AI.
Israel's Privacy Protection Authority announced it will require information management and data storage service providers to submit information on data security measures under the Privacy Protection Law. The PPA indicated data security safeguards must confirm compliance to reduce the risk of a data breach. Additionally, the regulator issued "immediate actions that companies must perform" to address any lack of security measures.Full story
Jamaica's Data Protection Act took effect 1 Dec. The Office of the Information Commissioner announced a six-month grace period for data controllers to register with the office to confirm compliance.