Delivering remarks to the Berufsverband der Datenschutzbeauftragten Deutschlands Autumn Conference, European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiórowski outlined his vision of how data protection officers should function in the present and going forward.
Members of European Parliament Michael McNamara, of Ireland, and Brando Benifei, of Italy, will lead the Parliament's AI monitoring group and the EU AI Act's implementation, Euronews reports. Benifei was a co-rapporteur on the regulation while McNamara was an Irish Parliament member before joining the European Parliament in July.Full story
South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission and the Korea Communications Commission will conduct a joint survey of text message service providers in November to assess potential weak protection systems. The collaboration is part of an ongoing effort to improve digital data security by the two agencies, which will also hold a seminar on the dispute resolution system 21 Nov.Full story
The developing digital landscape could mean organizations' chief information security officers are expected to manage companies' security and privacy compliance, Dark Reading reports.
The New York State Department of Financial Services released guidance aimed at reducing cybersecurity risks from AI. A key part of the guidance includes overlapping security controls meant to ensure a level of protection even if one measure fails.Full story
Cybersecurity insurance companies reported a 14% rise in claims within the first six months, with many organizations claiming over 1 million euros in damages, Help Net Security reports.
The Markup announced the launch of Blacklight Query, a website scanning tool that can determine websites' digital privacy practices by entering the URL. The company said the tool does not track users' data and aims to "bring more transparency to the world of online privacy."Full story
A July decision by the Regional Court of Traunstein in Germany could generate a new paradigm for EU-U.S. data transfers. University Grenoble Alpes (France) Professor of Law Theodore Christakis, Alston & Bird Partner Daniel Felz, CIPP/E, and Georgia Tech School of Cybersecurity and Privacy J.Z.
The State Council of China released the final version of the Regulations on Network Data Security Management. Reed Smith Partner Barbara Li, CIPP/E, examines the major compliance requirements under the regulations, which she characterized as a "crucial set of national-level administrative rules" for implementing the Cybersecurity Law, Data Security Law and Personal Information Protection Law.Full story
The European Data Protection Board published version 2.0 of guidelines on technical scope of the ePrivacy Directive's Article 5(3).