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Minister discusses impacts, penalty scheme for India's proposed DPDPB

The Economic Times reports India's Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar indicated the proposed Digital Personal Data Protection Bill will bring "deep behavioural changes" to platforms operating in India. Chandrasekhar said businesses already aligned with proposed provisions "have nothing to fear" with the bill. He also discussed the proposed penalty scheme doesn't aim to compete with the EU General Data Protection Regulation and is "sufficient to incentivise every data fiduciary or any platform" to comply with the law.

Risks, policy considerations around AI

The Center for AI Safety published a one-sentence statement on risks of artificial intelligence co-signed by more than 350 executives, researchers and others working in AI. "Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war," it stated.

NHS trusts shared patient data; report claims ICO failed to protect health data

The Guardian reports the websites of 20 U.K. National Health Service trusts are collecting browser information and sharing details about patients' medical conditions, appointments and treatments with Facebook through a Meta Pixel tool. The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office is investigating.

Planned Parenthood patient asks judge to prohibit Google from collecting sensitive health data

A Planned Parenthood patient asked a U.S. District Court judge to issue an order barring Google "from collecting sensitive medical data from healthcare providers" as well as delete any data it already possesses, MediaPost reports. The patient filed a nationwide class-action complaint against the company earlier in May.

Report alleges weak data protection practices at Tesla

The Netherlands' data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, claimed it was made aware of a potential data breach of Tesla, Reuters reports. A German publication claimed to have received 100 gigabytes of confidential data from a whistleblower, indicating lax data practices on the part of Tesla.

Bailiwick, Malaysia DPAs appoint new leadership

The Bailiwick of Guernsey's Data Protection Authority named its next commissioner. Brent Homan was recently unanimously appointed to the post, which will begin at the start of 2024.

Two years in the making, EU AI Act takes shape

The world's first comprehensive law to regulate artificial intelligence is approaching the finish line two years after it was presented. "The EU AI Act has the potential to become the international benchmark for regulating the fast-paced AI field," journalist Luca Bertuzzi writes. Bertuzzi looks at where the legislation stands, key points of discussion throughout its process, compliance requirements, enforcement and more.Full Story

Indiana licensing board finds doctor's handling of abortion data violated privacy laws

The Indiana Medical Licensing Board found an Indianapolis doctor's handling of information related to the abortion of a 10-year-old victim of rape from Ohio violated privacy laws, USA Today reports. Dr. Caitlin Bernard was fined USD3,000 and will receive a letter of reprimand. The state attorney general's office said she shared the girl's age and state of residence with a newspaper. Indiana Deputy Attorney General Cory Voight called it an "egregious violation" of patient privacy.

CNIL closes injunction against Microsoft

France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, closed a December 2022 injunction against Microsoft. The CNIL at the time fined the company 60 million euros and ordered the company to correct cookie practices within three months or face a daily penalty of 60,000 euros.

ANPD clarifies children's data processing under LGPD

Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, published a statement to standardize the General Data Protection Law's interpretation of processing data of children and teens.

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