Ireland's Data Protection Commission adopted a 345 million euro fine and corrective measures against TikTok over alleged EU General Data Protection Regulation violations concerning children's data protection. The enforcement action covers 2020 claims against platform settings affecting children ages 13-17. The DPC's ruling follows a binding decision from the European Data Protection Board. IAPP News Editor Joe Duball has the details.Full story
IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offers his take on the latest privacy developments in the nation's capital and around the U.S., including takeaways from AI insights provided by Boston University School of Law professor Woodrow Hartzog during a U.S. Senate hearing on potential AI regulation.Full story
A view from Brussels: German regulators set sights on AI
The California State Legislature passed SB 362, the California Delete Act, which would empower the California Privacy Protection Agency to create a system allowing Californians to apply a single request to delete personal information held by registered data brokers operating in the state. The bill now awaits the signature of Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a USD93 million settlement over claims against Google's location privacy practices.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will hold a committee nominations hearing 20 Sept. to consider nominations by President Joe Biden. Nominees include Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Melissa Holyoak and Andrew Ferguson as commissioners of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
Thousands of Kenyans lined up in front of the Kenyatta International Conference Centre 1 Aug. eager to exchange their iris scans for approximately USD50 from cryptocurrency exchange Worldcoin. The offer ended less than 48 hours later following concerns from the Kenyan government and Office of the Data Protection Commissioner of Kenya.
OpenAI plans to open its first office in the European Union in Dublin, Ireland, TechCrunch reports. Nine positions are posted for the Dublin office on OpenAI's website, including a privacy program manager. OpenAI also has offices in San Francisco, California, and London, England. Editor's note: Explore the IAPP AI Governance Center and subscribe to the AI Governance Dashboard.Full story
X Corp, formerly known as Twitter, and its former mobile advertising platform MoPub are facing a class-action lawsuit in The Netherlands alleging unlawful user tracking, data collection and sharing, TechCrunch reports.
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During a closed-door "AI Insight Forum" with U.S. lawmakers 13 Sept., Big Tech leaders pledged to develop artificial intelligence "right," The New York Times reports. The forum featured more than a dozen tech executives and included labor and civil society leaders to educate members of Congress about the tech as they weigh new AI regulations.