A 20-story tower equipped with numerous surveillance technologies in Chihuahua, Mexico, is worrying privacy advocates, The Record reports. The tower is meant to help speed up U.S.-Mexico border crossings. Human rights activists said measures like pulling videos from local businesses' security cameras are invasive and unnecessary.Full story
Australia's e-Safety Commissioner fined X, formerly known as Twitter, AUD610,500 for alleged noncompliance with an order to disclose details regarding its child sexual abuse material prevention tactics, Reuters reports. The regulator specifically asked questions regarding X's response time for CSAM claims and how the platform detects the content.Full story
TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, is appealing the 345 million euro fine it received last month from Ireland's Data Protection Commission for alleged violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, Bloomberg reports. The appeal will be brought to the EU General Court.
Although the U.S. has yet to pass comprehensive federal privacy legislation, IAPP Principal Researcher, Privacy Law and Policy, Müge Fazlioglu, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, writes there are several indications bipartisan support exists to eventually move a bill across the finish line. Fazlioglu said four bills introduced in the 118th Congress garnered bipartisan support.
IAPP Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer Caitlin Fennessy, CIPP, will welcome new IAPP AI Governance Center Managing Director Ashley Casovan into her new role during a LinkedIn Live session 26 Oct. Casovan was announced as the AIGC's first director 12 Oct., and is anticipated to share her general thoughts on the strategic direction of the AIGC and developing artificial intelligence-related content.
U.S. House subcommittees will hold separate hearings 18 Oct. to further explore impacts and potential regulation of artificial intelligence technologies. Subcommittees from the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology will hold a joint hearing concerning foundational risk management principles.
India's Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar clarified rules surrounding sensitive personal financial information under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, The Indian Express reports. Chandrasekhar said any sectoral regulator can create their own rules for personal data storage and processing, and impose requirements mandating stronger safeguards.
France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, opened a consultation on processes for creating datasets toward artificial intelligence development.
Argentina's Agency for Access to Public Information created a suite of resources dedicated to aiding data protection compliance in the private and public sectors.
A 13-year legal battle over Google allegedly leaking users' personal information to publishers is nearly over after a U.S. judge approved a USD23 million settlement, MediaPost reports. The lawsuit claimed search engine queries were being transmitted to third parties. U.S. District Court Judge Edward Davila wrote the deal was "fair, accurate and reasonable."Full story