TikTok hires cybersecurity firm to probe EU, UK data flows
The Independent reports TikTok hired U.K.-based cybersecurity firm NCC Group to examine the platform's data flows out of the EU and the U.K.
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OAIC publishes latest Notifiable Data Breaches Report
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner released its Notifiable Data Breaches Report for the first half of 2023. The biannual report outlined the industries most susceptible to breaches, the sources of breaches and areas for improved practice.
Apple details CSAM scanning halt
Apple outlined why it opted against moving forward with its iCloud scanning tool to combat child sexual abuse material, Wired reports. The December 2022 decision was based on the potential for "new threat vectors for data thieves to find and exploit," according to Apple Director of User Privacy Erik Neuenschwander.
CNIL offers remote exam monitoring guidance
France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, published guidelines for remote exam monitoring practices in public and private higher education.
Argentina's AAIP creates program for transparent, secure AI use
Argentina's Agency for Access to Public Information created a program to promote transparency and personal data protection in the development and use of artificial intelligence. "We must provide greater security and legitimacy to take advantage of and enhance" the use of AI, AAIP Director Beatriz Anchorena said.
ICO issues guidance on protecting workers' health data
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office published guidance to help employers understand data protection obligations under the U.K. General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act when handling employees' health information.
UK digital regulators detail coordinated enforcement, AI governance principles
The U.K.'s impending new online protection regime will create some "tensions" with privacy principles, Information Commissioner's Executive Director, Regulatory Risk Stephen Almond said. Almond spoke during a LinkedIn Live discussion moderated by IAPP Research and Insights Director Joe Jones. The discussion, which also featured Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum Chief Executive Director Kate Jones, focused on U.K. digital regulators' coordinated enforcement efforts with an eye toward developing common standards for artificial intelligence governance.
A view from DC: NIST proposes update to guidance on privacy learning programs
IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offers a look at the privacy developments in and around D.C. In this dispatch, he reviewed the U.S.
The Netherland's DPA publishes first Algorithm Risk Report
The Netherlands' data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens' Directorate of Algorithm Coordination released its first Algorithm Risk Report.
UK committee report calls for accelerated AI governance regime
An interim report by the U.K.'s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee urges the government to "accelerate" an artificial intelligence governance regime. The U.K.