Politico reports the European Commission plans to offer jobs to those affected by Big Tech layoffs in an effort to boost personnel overseeing enforcement of the Digital Services Act. European Commission Director-General of the Joint Research Centre Stephen Quest said "the door is open" to former workers from Twitter, Meta and other companies that endured cutbacks.
An advertising publisher verification startup launched a ranking system for domain privacy compliance, AdExchanger reports. The firm, Neutronian, “independently verifies data providers for quality and compliance” and recently launched a new score ranking “whether publisher networks, ad tech platforms, retail media platforms, data providers and brands” have proactive approach to data privacy and security.
The Dutch data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, commenced its supervision over algorithms that process personal data.
BBB National Programs will launch a verification seal program for companies using SafeGuard Privacy’s platform to verify compliance with the California Privacy Rights Act, MediaPost reports. The program will begin once the CPRA regulations are completed. SafeGuard users who seek verification through BBB National Programs will be charged an additional fee, calculated based on their revenues.Full Story
The European Data Protection Board adopted reports on its first coordinated enforcement action concerning public-sector cloud services and cookie banner observations.
The Transaction Record Analysis Center, an obscure Arizona nonprofit’s database, is accessible by more than 600 federal, state and local U.S. law enforcement agencies without judicial oversight, The Wall Street Journal reports. TRAC was established in 2014 by an order from the Arizona state attorney general’s office to monitor international money transfers between the U.S. and more than 20 countries, as part of anti-drug trafficking settlement with Western Union.
Voice data collection is becoming a marketing boon, but the practice is also setting off privacy alarm bells, ABC reports. Voice data now powers targeted marketing based on personal information extrapolated from recordings and privacy experts warn cyber criminals could breach stolen voice data to impersonate data subjects for access to more information.
The European Data Protection Board will use its next plenary meeting to discuss the proposed EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders will go before the board with a presentation on the commission's draft EU-U.S. adequacy decision. The EDPB will follow the presentation with its own formal discussion on "the state of play" regarding its nonbinding opinion of the draft decision. Editor's note: The IAPP's Joe Duball reported on the EU-U.S.
The Wall Street Journal reports TikTok is moving toward increased transparency for its data practices and content algorithms to ease U.S. concerns. Federal lawmakers previously scrutinized the platform for alleged data access issues leading to Chinese surveillance, but TikTok plans to address claims with new transparency principles.
There is much to unpack with the Irish Data Protection Commission's decisions against Meta resulting in a 390 million euro fine and forthcoming practical changes to the company's targeted advertising model. Reconsideration of legal bases for processing and the processing activities themselves are among the key points the decisions raise. Fox Rothschild Partner Odia Kagan, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP, PLS, runs down her top takeaways from the enforcement action.Full Story