The wave of comprehensive state privacy laws across the U.S. has led to the establishment of a "cottage industry of authorized agent providers" who are designated by individuals to exercise their rights under certain states' privacy laws, Network Advertising Initiative Vice President and General Counsel Tony Ficarrotta, CIPP/US, writes in an op-ed.
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The recent development regarding the U.K. government's legal attempts to gain backdoor access to Apple's encrypted data once again thrust the privacy-preserving technique back into the spotlight. IAPP Staff Writer Lexie White recaps stakeholder remarks from a recent webinar covering the broader debate on the implications of encryption, including law enforcement access to data and considerations for children's online safety.Full Story
U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., announced a new working group dedicated to finding a path forward on potential comprehensive data privacy legislation. Guthrie said the nine-member Republican committee will be led by Rep.
Germany's Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt, issued a preliminary legal assessment to Apple for its App Tracking Transparency framework.
According to a letter received by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., from acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris, the Department of Justice is maneuvering to stop defending the independence of the National Labor Relations Board, Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Product Safety Commission, Reuters reports.
South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission fined software company Sectanine KRW1.5 billion for allegedly failing to protect its users from data breaches and not disclosing those breaches in a timely manner.
Finland's Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman said it will conduct around 10 audits to ensure personal data processing compliance in its 2025 plans. The plan will later be expanded with more information on the agency's 2026-27 planned activities.Full story
An association of administrative law judges filed a federal lawsuit arguing the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency's request for their personal data violates the Privacy Act and threatens their safety, Reuters reports. Meanwhile, former associate White House counselor Alan Charles Raul argued in an op-ed for The Washington Post the DOGE and President Donald Trump's efforts to restructure the government are unconstitutional.
Wired reports on how increases in reported feelings of loneliness may be giving fodder to romance scams and confidence fraud. The rise of generative AI has also made it easier for scammers to target multiple people and create dating profiles.Full story