South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission and South Korean ministries jointly announced a "paradigm shift" toward data portability throughout the digital economy. The "National My Data Innovation Promotion Strategy" initiative will empower data subjects to "realize the right to self-determination of (their) personal information" via the amended Personal Information Protection Act.Full story
BNSF Railway hired the Jones Day law firm to represent it in "settlement negotiations" over allegations its collection of workers fingerprints violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, Reuters reports. In June, U.S.
Research from advertising performance platform Adalytics raises questions about YouTube's advertising on children's content and whether its practices led to tracking of children across the web, The New York Times reports. Adalytics identified ads for adult products of over 300 brands designated as "made for kids," while a New York Times analysis found some viewers were taken to brand websites that placed trackers on users' browsers.
A new partnership between U.S. firms Privacy Vaults Online, specializing in children's privacy and parental consent, and "identity-proofing" company Atomic Biometrics "aims to develop services that meet federal and state legal requirements on kids' privacy," Biometric Update reports.
The New York Times reports a Texas woman was awarded USD1.2 billion in damages in a lawsuit over nonconsensual distribution of intimate images. The lawsuit alleged sexually explicit content of the woman was shared by an ex-boyfriend with family, friends and co-workers without consent to damage her reputation. The content included personally identifiable information, including her name, address and images of her face.Full story
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology released the reference tool for its Cybersecurity Framework 2.0. Users can explore the draft CSF 2.0 Core, which features functions, categories, subcategories and implementation examples. Some features remain under development until the final CSF 2.0 is completed in early 2024.
U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra proposed two new agency rules to apply to data brokers under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, following a White House meeting on data brokers' collection practices. Meanwhile, the U.S.
The passage of India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act was met with praise from several countries, The Economic Times of India reports. An official from Norway's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, said it could look to "mirror" some provisions of the DPDPA and praised its safeguarding of children from behavioral advertising.
An Interactive Advertising Bureau Legal Affairs Council survey looked at digital advertising industry members' interpretation and implementation of U.S. state privacy laws. IAB said the survey "provides a comprehensive set of benchmarks for companies to evaluate their existing privacy compliance approaches, as well as see where the market is moving in terms of privacy best practices." Full story