The EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council meeting expected in December was postponed, Euractiv reports. An email to stakeholders explained the tech summit was postponed "due to the unstable international situation that has swiftly become the focus of the Biden Administration." The bilateral summit previously acted as a platform for dialogue on EU-U.S.
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., sent letters to 14 automakers questioning the companies' privacy notices. The letters asked automakers how consumer data is processed and if any data obtained by vehicles has been shared with law enforcement.
College students are concerned with how their data is being tracked using learning programs, campus identification credentials and remote proctoring software, The Markup reports. Eric Natividad claimed California-based Mt. San Antonio College's online programs violate students' privacy by tracking and reporting data collected from students to professors.Full story
Reuters reports the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana blocked a ban on TikTok that was set to take effect in Montana 1 Jan. 2024. The court ruled the ban infringed upon TikTok users' First Amendment right to free speech.
This week, the Council of the European Union adopted the Data Act. IAPP Managing Director, Europe, Isabelle Roccia, CIPP/E, said, "the mind already boggles with anticipated implementation challenges," including ensuring consistency with personal data protection rules, and more recent regulations like the Data Governance Act and Digital Markets Act.Full story
In his weekly dispatch from the U.S. capital, IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, analyzes the political dynamics of the ongoing efforts to pass the Kids Online Safety Act. Zweifel-Keegan writes KOSA supporter U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash, is pursuing a fast-track to bring the bill to the Senate floor for a vote by unanimous consent. However, this strategy may ultimately be derailed by a member of her own party.Full story
Meta is asking an appeals court to prevent the U.S. Federal Trade Commission from reopening its 2019 consent agreement, Reuters reports. The FTC proposal would prohibit Meta from profiting off users under the age of 18 and increase restrictions on the use of facial recognition technology.
In the modern digital world, businesses face increasing difficulties in "effectively managing privacy, security and data protection," Relyance AI Senior Product Manager Sanket Kavishwar writes. However, he said the large number of tools for operating a comprehensive data protection program available on the market can create "confusion," which can cause "challenges" for privacy professionals.
Over the course of his 40-plus year career in information privacy and consumer policy, Martin Abrams has had his hands in a number of initiatives, from co-founding the Centre for Information Policy Leadership to his part helping develop the APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules to founding the Information Accountability Foundation. He recently announced he is retiring from his full-time role at the IAF.
Axios interviewed U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the agency's expanding use of artificial intelligence in criminal investigations and cyberthreats. Mayorkas specifically pointed to the technology's ability to generate digitally aged children who went missing and analyzing traffic patterns to identify vehicles possibly involved in drug trafficking.Full story