MediaPost reports OpenAI disclosed in a blog post that a bug may have exposed users' data. The artificial intelligence vendor said the bug "may have caused the unintentional visibility of payment-related information of 1.2%" of ChatGPT Plus subscribers active during a specific nine-hour window. Some users may also have been able to access other active user's full names, email and payment addresses, and credit card details.
Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications seeks public opinions on the revised draft of the Telecommunications Business Act. The draft changes to the law add guidelines to ensure the protection of personal information by telecommunications companies.
The European Consumer Organisation welcomed efforts in the EU to harmonize procedural rules on cross-border cases under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, while offering three recommendations.
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 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 practices.Full Story
A view from Brussels: DPI: France 2023 highlights, EDPB launches coordinated enforcement action
Consumer policy drives efforts to pass privacy laws and business obligations, but companies also have a duty to protect employee data as well. Littler Mendelson Privacy and Data Security Practice Group Co-Chair Zoe Argento, CIPP/US, knows the workplace privacy field well and advises clients on a wide range of issues. She recently sat down with IAPP Editorial Director Jedidiah Bracy, CIPP, to dissect some of the pressing trends in workplace privacy.Full Story
Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, updated and released its list of ongoing probes into potential General Law for the Protection of Personal Data violations. The list publicizes company names, their industries, descriptions of alleged misconduct and statuses of cases in the sanctioning process. The ANPD will add further details on final decisions as cases conclude.Full Story
The European Commission's consumer protection office will launch a voluntary cookie pledge 28 March to address what European Commissioner for Justice and Consumers Didier Reynders called "cookie fatigue," Euractiv reports.
Denmark's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, announced the creation of a new portal to view data breach statistics.