In 2023, the California Office of the Attorney General is focusing on investigations into popular mobile apps as a top enforcement priority. As with prior California enforcement sweeps, IAPP Westin Research Fellow Anokhy Desai, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, and IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, write there is a theme privacy teams can look to for direction: consumer choice.
The European Commission opened a public consultation for how independent audits should be conducted under the EU Digital Services Act. The input sought is based on "main principles that auditors should apply when selecting auditing methodologies and procedures and provides further specifications for auditing (very large online platforms) and (very large online search engines)." The public comment period will run through 2 June with the commission setting a goal to create rules by the end of 2023.
IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offers his take on the latest privacy developments in the nation's capital and around the U.S., including a look at how the data broker Kochava got its high-profile location privacy case with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission dismissed.Full Story
A view from Brussels: The balancing act between law enforcement and fundamental rights
The leading Chinese financial data provider informed customers at the end of 2022 it would begin restricting access to "certain business and economic data" for offshore users, Reuters reports. The move by Wind Information came following a request by the Cyberspace Administration of China and the implementation of the agency’s new data rules that went into effect 1 Sept. 2022.Full Story
The California Privacy Protection Agency Board will hold its next public meeting 15 May. The meeting will include updates from CPPA Executive Director Ashkan Soltani while Deputy Director of Policy and Legislation Maureen Mahoney will provide a policy and legislation update. California Privacy Rights Act rulemaking discussion is also on the agenda as the board could move to initiate formal rulemaking activities on the next set of rules.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are revolutionizing the delivery of health care, DocPlix co-founder and CEO Dr. Varun Garg writes in Express Healthcare. Today, Garg said medical practitioners "are receiving real-time decision support from AI systems" to provide "individualised suggestions for diagnosis, treatment plans." AI and machine learning systems "can assess patient data, medical literature, treatment guidelines, and historical data" to increase the standard and precision of care, he said.
U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Ed Markey, D-Mass., reintroduced the Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act 2.0, which they said updates online privacy protections for children and teens for the 21st century. The bill prohibits internet companies from collecting personal data of users aged 13-16 without consent, bans targeted advertising to children and teens, covers platforms "reasonably likely to be used" by children, and establishes a "Digital Marketing Bill of Rights for Teens" as well as a Youth Marketing and Privacy Division at the U.S.