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First CPRA regulations finalized following OAL review

The California Privacy Protection Agency announced the first California Privacy Rights Act rulemaking package was approved by the California Office of Administrative Law following a review. The regulations bring updates and clarification to existing requirements under the California Consumer Privacy Act while also bringing new CCPA requirements brought forth by the CPRA. The finalized rules, which come ahead of the CPRA's 1 July enforcement, contain no substantive changes to the final draft submitted by the CPPA to the OAL in February.

Garante blocks ChatGPT data collection; group calls to stop new releases

  • Italy's data protection authority, the Garante, ordered a "temporary limitation of the processing of data of Italian users" by ChatGPT developer OpenAI and opened an investigation into the artificial intelligence vendor. The Garante cited a lack of information provided to users about data collected by OpenAI and a lack of legal basis justifying "the mass collection and storage of personal data."

Blauw breach now affects 1.5M people

The breach of market research company Blauw continues to have repercussions with reportedly 1.5 million people potentially affected, the NL Times reports. Beyond 780,000 Netherlands national railway passengers who had personally identifiable information stolen, 22,000 people who took a Vrienden van Amstel Live survey and 3,000 who participated in research for health insurer CZ also had their personal data compromised.

The IAPP's top 5 most read articles for the week of 27 March 2023

  1. IAPP Westin Research Fellow Anokhy Desai, CIPP/US, CIPT, broke down Iowa's newly passed comprehensive data privacy law.
  2. IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offered takeaways from the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce's probing of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew over the platform's privacy and data security practice.

Advanced AI-based police surveillance tools showcased in UAE

Police surveillance tools of the future were displayed at a conference in Dubai, The New York Times reports. Such technology included a brain scanner purporting to detect lies, miniature video cameras that could be lodged inside a vape pen and cameras that can scan faces and license plates from a kilometer away. Many tools rely on advanced artificial intelligence, drones and facial recognition tech.

Going back to basics for the EDPB's 'year of the DPO'

IAPP Westin Research Fellow Amy Olivero parsed through the EU General Data Protection Regulation's data protection officer provisions, spelling out key considerations companies and DPOs should bear in mind as regulators begin their enforcement sweep. Topics include designating, positioning and tasking a DPO, looking ahead, as well as additional resources.Full Story

How a GDPR-mandated DPO should operate