It has been a busy year for the EU's digital landscape. Data protection matters remain top of mind among member states but the EU has also been busy proposing and passing other digital policy initiatives, including the Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act. Join the IAPP Oct.
The European Data Protection Board Coordinated Supervision Committee published its biannual activities report for 2020-2022. The committee, established in 2019, focuses on cooperation among data protection supervisory authorities and supervision of EU institutions' large-scale IT systems.
The Biden administration released the first U.S. artificial intelligence framework Oct. 4, Nextgov reports. Following the release, the heads of several federal agencies spoke on their plans to implement the national AI blueprint.
Meta settled a U.S. lawsuit against two companies that scraped data from Facebook and Instagram users, TechCrunch reports. The companies, Israel’s BrandTotal and Delaware’s Unimania, agreed to a permanent ban from scraping data from Meta’s platforms or profiting from the data they collected.
In July, the U.K. introduced the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill and its proposals to reframe the data privacy framework. Not included in the public consultation but proposed in the bill was the removal of the requirement of a U.K. data representative. Prighter’s Charlotte Mason and Andreas Mätzler, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP, break down the government’s explanation and possible impact of such a change.Full Story
The Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union announced final approval of the Digital Services Act. Czech Minister for Industry and Trade Jozef Síkela touted the law as "the ‘gold standard’ for other regulators in the world" given how it sets "new standards for a safer and more accountable online environment." The DSA will apply to companies 15 months after it is published in the EU Official Journal.
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order for the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework to help stand up EU-U.S. data flows. Meanwhile, Israel's government issued a draft decision to grant independent status to Israel's Privacy Protection Authority that paves the way for the country's EU adequacy to be reassessed. IAPP Westin Emeritus Fellow and Goodwin Procter Partner Omer Tene sheds light on the U.S.
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order for the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework to help stand up EU-U.S. data flows. Meanwhile, Israel's government issued a draft decision to grant independent status to Israel's Privacy Protection Authority that paves the way for the country's EU adequacy to be reassessed. IAPP Westin Emeritus Fellow and Goodwin Procter Partner Omer Tene sheds light on the U.S.
TechCrunch reports U.K. Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Michelle Donelan announced intent to alter the current approach to U.K.