The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office published guidance aimed to assist children's online game developers and their U.K. Age-Appropriate Design Code compliance efforts. The guidance is based off recent company audits conducted by the ICO to best understand the compliance landscape.
A group of insurers, leasing companies, vehicle repair shops and others are calling for regulation in the EU on fair access to connected vehicle data, Reuters reports.
The U.K. Office of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner raised concerns over the use of Chinese surveillance cameras used by law enforcement and defense agencies, InfoSecurity Magazine reports.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Duke University School of Law professor of law and philosophy Nita Farahany said employers are increasingly using neurotechnology to monitor employees, and privacy law hasn't kept up. Farahany said much can be learned about a person from their brain data and "we ought to have a special place we think about when it comes to the brain. It is the last space where we truly have privacy."Full Story
Meta announced its "Why am I seeing this ad?" tool will include information on how machine learning is used to deliver advertisements based on a users' activity, MediaPost reports. Meta Global Policy Director, Monetization Privacy and Fairness, Pedro Pavón, CIPP/US, said examples and illustrations explaining how machine-learning models connect topics to show relevant ads will also be included.
The Washington state Legislature will hold a public hearing on a bill to protect minors from being exploited in for-profit vlogs, NBC News reports. The bill would require parents of “child influencers” to take revenue from their content and set aside in a separate fund for their children for when they become adults.
As generative artificial intelligence tools raise concerns over data collection, misinformation and bias, lawmakers are exploring potential regulation, The Hill reports. Carnegie Mellon University professor Rayid Ghani said regulators "don't necessarily have a good handle on how to regulate" the emerging technologies, while co-Director of the Privacy and Data Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology Nathalie Maréchal said the tools highlight the need for lawmakers to pass a comprehensive U.S.
Australia Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus is beginning consultations on more than 100 reforms recommended in a department review of the Privacy Act, including the "right to request erasure," The Sydney Morning Herald reports. Changes could include requiring small businesses and registered political parties to comply with the act.
In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner Christine Wilson announced her resignation from the agency. Wilson accused FTC Chair Lina Khan as having "disregard for the rule of law and due process" in the way she runs the agency, adding her resignation marks a refusal "to give their endeavor any further hint of legitimacy." Wilson was publicly critical of Khan's leadership in recent months.
Opice Blum Advogados' Jurimetrics Report analyzed more than 400 decisions by state courts and the Superior Court of Justice throughout 2022 to understand how Brazil's General Data Protection Law is being applied.