TechCrunch reports on the controversy surrounding Palantir's involvement with the U.S. government's deportation efforts. The company is being paid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to create a tool allowing the agency to choose people for deportation and monitor self-deportations.Full story
Hong Kong's Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data issued updated guidance detailing potential legal action individuals can take if they are affected by an organization's violation of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.
Germany's Federal Ministry of the Interior is calling on the U.S. government to uphold its commitments under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework as concerns over a potential U.S. withdrawal persist, Handelsblatt reports. A ministry spokesperson said there is a "strong interest" in maintaining "legally secure" EU-U.S.
IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offers his take on the latest privacy and AI governance developments in the nation's capital and around the U.S. This week, he outlines the points of interest within the latest draft update to the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology's Privacy Framework.Full story
The Netherlands' data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, published an overview of its upcoming AI and Algorithm Risks Report. The AP said the report will focus on emotion AI and algorithms that attempt to measure a person’s emotional state using biometric data. Additionally, the AP is looking for individuals who have experience with emotion AI to submit testimony by 8 May to be incorporated in the report.Full story
The New York Times reports the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is set to lay off staff after a court-ordered injunction on potential firings was partially lifted. The bureau's staff union indicated as many as 1,500 of its 1,700 employees could be let go. Personnel targeted for reduction include enforcement and compliance staff.Full story
The EU Cybersecurity Act is up for periodic review and the European Commission is approaching it as a simplification exercise, but not only, writes IAPP Managing Director, Europe, Isabelle Roccia, CIPP/E. The review coincides with a simplification in digital policy, Roccia said, and the Commission is seeking stakeholders' views.
Apple released software updates to fix zero-day security vulnerabilities hackers allegedly used to target consumers using Apple's iOS software, TechCrunch reports. One of the vulnerabilities was found by Google's Threat Analysis Group, which "may indicate that the attacks targeting Apple customers were launched or coordinated by a nation state or government agency."Full story
The Cyberspace Administration of China is taking further steps to ensure images of minors online are not being used to produce "illegal and negative information" for website traffic monetization purposes. The CAC found the types of illegal content produced includes pranking to minors to attract their attention, fabricated controversy between parents and children, displays of extravagant wealth, and content that promotes the evasion of various laws.Full story
The New Jersey attorney general's office sued messaging platform Discord for allegedly misleading parents about its measures to prevent children from seeing sexual and violent content. The office claimed violations around the Consumer Fraud Act, alleging Discord carried insufficient children's safety controls around platform design and chat moderation.Full story