U.S. President Joe Biden’s executive order creating a new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework “clears a path for trans-Atlantic business and diplomacy,” IAPP Chief Knowledge Office Caitlin Fennessy, CIPP/US, writes.
The success of the next generation of cybersecurity and privacy professionals may hinge on their ability to understand their respective core functions.
The European Data Protection Board published its October plenary agenda, which includes a range of notable topics. General matters to be discussed include the selection of strategic enforcement cases and a "wish list" to the European Commission for harmonizing EU General Data Protection Regulation enforcement procedures to improve cooperation.
Members of EU Parliament held their first round of debates on the proposed EU Artificial Intelligence Act, Euractiv reports. During the meeting, MEPs agreed on two rounds of compromises “on administrative procedures, conformity assessment, standards, and certificates” for regulating AI. Much of the meeting centered on the use of biometric recognition surveillance use. The original draft prohibited uses of real-time biometric identification and social scoring.
IAPP Managing Director, Europe, Isabelle Roccia offers the latest on the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act. She also details the next steps if U.S. President Joe Biden issues an executive order on EU-U.S. data flows. And, a brief look at the artificial intelligence liability rules directive. Full Story
The Belgian Data Protection Authority informed the Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe it would move to potentially validate the action plan for delivering “functionality to the Transparency and Consent Framework.” This came despite IAB Europe contending the "Belgian Market Court’s interim ruling" issued in September "declared illegal the (Belgium DPA) decision (which served as a basis for the action plan) because of the (DPA's) lack of due care." The Market Court referred the action plan to the Court of Justice of the European Union.
The U.S. took the latest step forward in finalizing a new EU-U.S. data flow agreement. U.S. President Joe Biden issued the long-awaited executive order mandating new legal safeguards over U.S. national security agencies' access and use of EU and U.S. personal data. The process of finalizing the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework now falls to the European Commission, which will begin a ratification process that may take up to six months. IAPP Staff Writer Joe Duball reports on the executive order and how it's being received by EU and U.S.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s executive order implementing the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework is a major step toward restoring trust in EU-U.S. data flows. To discuss the major components of the order, IAPP Chief Knowledge Officer Caitlin Fennessy, CIPP/US, will host a LinkedIn Live Oct. 7, with American University Washington College of Law Senior Project Director Alex Joel, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, Alston & Bird Senior Counsel Peter Swire, CIPP/US, and Future of Privacy Forum Vice President for Global Privacy Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna.
The Washington Post reports a federal jury found former Uber Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan guilty of obstructing justice during the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's probe into the ride-hailing app's 2016 data breach. The ruling marks the first decision on U.S. chief executive liability in relation to data breaches. "Mr.