Reuters reports 65 U.K. lawmakers asked police to stop using live facial recognition technology in public spaces. The call came after Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire Chris Philp said a new U.K. passport data system paired with biometric surveillance could be used regularly to identify criminal suspects.
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The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston heard arguments in a case concerning Maine's privacy law that prevents voter registration data from being posted online, Bloomberg Law reports. The Public Interest Legal Foundation, which brought the lawsuit, argued federal law allows data to be available for public inspection.Full story
India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act includes nuances as it relates to data processing requirements. The law carries some provisions for defined data processors but most processing requirements focus on data fiduciaries, which "alone or in conjunction with other persons determines the purpose and means of processing of personal data." Kochar and Co. Partner Stephen Mathias breaks down the processing rules and obligations as well as their global impact. Editor's note: This is the third in a six-part series on the operational impacts of India's DPDPA.
The European Commission announced the adoption of a recommendation for increased artificial intelligence risk assessments to support EU economic security. The recommendation covers six categories of AI technologies, including data analytics, language learning and object recognition.
South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission announced the formation of an Artificial Intelligence Privacy Team.
The U.S. House passed the Modernizing the Acquisition of Cybersecurity Experts Act, which would prohibit federal agencies from implementing minimum education requirements for cybersecurity jobs, FedScoop reports.
Euractiv reports harmonization of the EU General Data Protection Regulation could solve questions around the secondary use of health data under the proposed European Health Data Space.
The Hill reports a study of 2020 U.S. census data by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine found confidentiality and privacy measures introduced late into the planning process affected the quality of information gathered. The practices hurt the Census Bureau's ability to accurately collect ethnic data as well as age information compared to the 2010 census.Full story