Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Information Technology issued "derivative regulations" to support the implementation of the Personal Data Protection Law while offering compliance guidance to electronic system providers, Antara News reports.
Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, opened an investigation into Meta's new social network, Threads. Previously, the General Coordination of Technology and Research along with the General Inspection Coordination conducted a preliminary study into Threads as an initial step for ANPD monitoring activities.Full story
KARK-TV reports Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin was among 19 attorneys general to sign a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden opposing proposed rulemaking to add more reproductive health privacy provisions to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The opposition comes after 24 other states called for increased privacy protections in June.
Apple may pull its iMessage and FaceTime services in the U.K. over proposed surveillance changes within the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, the Guardian reports. Potential amendments to the law would allow the U.K. Home Office to bypass end-to-end encryption employed by Apple messaging services.
The Victorian Information Commissioner's Office found the Department of Health did not protect individuals' personal health data during the COVID-19 pandemic in accordance with Victoria's Privacy and Data Protection Act. The regulator found a third-party call center contracted by the health department misused data on various occasions.
With the adoption of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, privacy professionals across European and U.S. organizations are facing a new framework for data transfers across the Atlantic. Focus is quickly turning to implementation and what's next. IAPP Staff Writer Jennifer Bryant has insights on what privacy pros and organizations need to know from U.S. Department of Commerce DPF Director Alex Greenstein, the European Commission's Bruno Gencarelli and others.Full story
The California Privacy Protection Agency unanimously voted in support of four state privacy bills that support its mission of "protecting the privacy rights of Californians." Assembly Bill 947 would include personal information that reveals citizenship or immigration status as sensitive personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act.
Privacy management software company OneTrust secured USD150 million in funding. The company announced support from Sands Capital and Al Gore's Generation Investment Management, as well as its current USD4.5 billion valuation. "Our solutions have never been more mission critical.
Ten members of European Parliament called on the European Commission to issue a moratorium on online tracking of internet users, Euractiv reports. The MEPs' request came on the heels of a ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union, which banned Meta's practice of targeting its users with behavioral advertisements without consent.
The European Data Protection Board issued its formal statement on the European Commission's first review of its adequacy agreement with Japan. The EDPB's main takeaway was "there (were) not substantial changes in the relevant (Japanese) legislation" to allow for authorities to access private sector information that could run counter to the EU General Data Protection Regulation.