The European Health Data Space aims to provide a secure framework that prioritizes the protection of sensitive health data. MyData-Trust Data Protection Manager Victoria Derumier opines on the potential of the framework, noting the EHDS "could give Europe a competitive edge in the global health care market, driving growth in the biotech, pharmaceutical and health tech sectors."Full story
The Parliament of Australia published its report on the first set of Privacy Act reforms contained in the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill.
Digwatch reports U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner Melissa Holyoak said AI products aimed at children need more scrutiny to ensure they are privacy protective and safe. She noted it was unclear what happens to minors' information when it is collected by AI tools and such actions require closer examination.Full story
IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offers his take on the latest privacy and AI governance developments in the nation's capital and around the U.S. This week, he dissects the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's report on financial privacy gaps in U.S. comprehensive state privacy laws.Full story
IAPP Managing Director, Europe, Isabelle Roccia, CIPP/E, writes the European Parliament was buzzing over the past two weeks as it held confirmation hearings of designate commissioners for the new College of Commissioners. Roccia highlights the hearings of Executive Vice-President-designate for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunen and Commissioner-designate for Democracy, Justice and the Rule of Law Michael McGrath.Full story
The Economist correspondent Avantika Chilkoti writes about her attempts to remove online instances of herself ahead of a controversial reporting project. She advised it is easier to prevent your information from going online and limiting who has access than trying to remove it afterward.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is preparing to investigate possible anticompetitive practices at Microsoft's cloud computing business, the Financial Times reports. Areas of potential FTC examination include concerns around data portability, including Office 365 products being incompatible with rivals and increasing subscription fees for people who leave the service.Full story
U.S. state legislatures are likely to go back to work on comprehensive privacy legislation when 2025 legislative sessions open. Will Arkansas be among the states to enact legislation in this cycle? DaVita Kidney Care Senior Manager of Privacy Operations Joshua Bryant, AIGP, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, explores how Arkansas may be laying the groundwork for legislation through the attorney general's privacy work.Full story
Nextgov reports on the upcoming U.S. House AI Task Force report expected to be released at the end of this year. The report will emphasize the need to address disinformation, training database security, targeting deepfakes and other AI-related harms, as well as advocating for the passage of bills looking at those issues.Full story
The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced they uncovered a "significant cyber espionage" effort from China targeting commercial telecommunications infrastructure.