India's government extended the public consultation on the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Act rules from 18 Feb. to 5 March, Moneycontrol reports. A Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology notice indicated the extension was "in response to the representations received from several stakeholders."Full story
The update to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Rule may ultimately be delayed from entering into force under the Trump administration, but "companies should plan compliance strategies now," Entertainment Software Rating Board Privacy Certified Senior Vice President Stacy Feuer, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz Associate Maria Nava, CIPP/US, and ESRB Senior Director Courtney Cox, CIPP/US, CIPT, write.
In the fourth installment of a series on AI literacy, Knowledge Bridge AI co-founder and EWR Consulting's Erica Werneman Root, CIPP/E, CIPM, and SkyShowtime Chief Compliance Officer and Mahay Consulting Services Director Monica Mahay, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP, explore how to integrate the concept of AI literacy into compliance frameworks. They share three key steps on how AI literacy can be "embedded throughout the operational fabric of an organization." Full story
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson plans to support the Trump administration's maneuver to empower the president to fire the heads of independent federal agencies, including the FTC, at will, Axios reports. The move would end a 90-year Supreme Court-ruled protection of independent agency administrators from cause-related terminations.
European Commission Vice President for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunen told the Financial Times the EU will engage in some deregulation to support the bloc's AI investment and competitiveness.
Center for Democracy and Technology Europe Director of the Security, Surveillance and Human Rights Programme Silvia Lorenzo Perez analyzed the trickledown impacts of recent U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board terminations on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.
As part of its 25th anniversary, the IAPP will celebrate 25 trailblazing innovators and 25 defining moments in the last quarter century that helped establish the privacy and digital governance profession. This week, we celebrate the influence of the book "Privacy on the Ground: Driving Corporate Behavior in the United States and Europe" on the growth of privacy profession since its 2015 publication.Full story
Chapell Associates President Alan Chapell, CIPP/US, wrote an op-ed discussing how the definition of personal data has become more encompassing over time. He argued a broad definition might scare people off of using privacy preserving techniques because it is too confusing to know when personal data rules apply.Full story
Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs held an informational session with several online service providers to gather input on how to best protect children online.
The Washington Post reports U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., are asking National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard to demand the U.K. government rescind its request asking Apple to create a backdoor to all encrypted data. The senators argued the U.S. should limit its data sharing with the U.K. if the request persists because it puts user data at risk.Full story