Finland's Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman ordered the Finnish Meteorological Institute to halt EU-U.S. data transfers using Google Analytics and Google's reCAPTCHA. The ombudsman ruled the institute had no legal basis for processing to facilitate data flows and continued transfers based on cookie consent despite the invalidation of the EU-U.S.
The 2023 IAPP-TRU Privacy Professionals Salary Survey explores the compensation, both financial and nonfinancial, offered to privacy professionals. Results were based on key compensation impacts, including education, experience, motivation and job satisfaction, as well as the nature and size of employers. The full report is an IAPP member exclusive, but the executive summary is available to all.Full Story
Reuters reports Italy's data protection authority, the Garante, will increase its artificial intelligence enforcement and resources. Garante Board Member Agostino Ghiglia said the regulator will roll out a "wide-scope review of generative and machine learning AI applications" to examine the technologies' interplay with data protection law.
The European Data Protection Board published a case digest, commissioned as part of its Support Pool of Experts initiative, analyzing one-stop-shop decisions under the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
The Washington Post reports TikTok sued the state of Montana over its recently passed ban of the platform. TikTok claimed the ban violates users' rights to free expression under the First Amendment and spokeswoman Brooke Oberwetter said the company "will prevail based on an exceedingly strong set of precedents and facts." Gov.
The African Union Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection will enter into force by 8 June after Mauritania became the 15th African state to ratify the legislation, Data Protection Africa reports. Adopted by the AU Assembly in 2014, the convention created a comprehensive legal framework for data protection, cybercrime and cybersecurity.
A report by the Electronic Privacy Information Center details "the wide variety of harms" posed by generative artificial intelligence tools. "Everything from information manipulation and impersonation to data breaches, intellectual property theft, labor manipulation, and discrimination can all result from the misuse of generative AI technologies," EPIC said.
The Washington Post reports public housing agencies are using surveillance cameras to keep watch on residents. An investigation found footage from surveillance cameras purchased with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant funding being used to punish or evict residents.
U.S. President Joe Biden announced nominees to the Federal Communications Commission. Biden nominated telecommunications attorney Anna Gomez, who serves as a senior advisor for international information and communications policy in the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy.