The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's "first-of-its-kind" enforcement action against U.S. health care company GoodRx has important takeaways for privacy programs that handle health-related data. It also signals an increase in the FTC's use of its unfairness authority in privacy cases, IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, and Westin Research Fellow Amy Olivero write.
European Parliament co-rapporteurs Brando Benifei and Dragoș Tudorache proposed compromise amendments to the Artificial Intelligence Act in hopes of closing negotiations in coming days, Euractiv reports. Issues left to be finalized include a list of high-risk AI uses, prohibited practices and key concept definitions.
Bermuda’s Government House reappointed Alexander White, CIPP/A, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP, as the country’s privacy commissioner, The Royal Gazette reports. White, who was first appointed in 2020, was reappointed for a full term of five years. “With his reappointment, Mr.
Americans received a failing grade for general knowledge of data protections on applications, devices and online, The New York Times reports, citing a survey conducted by the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication. The survey of approximately 2,000 U.S.
U.S. senators wrote a letter to several telehealth companies criticizing their reported failure “to protect sensitive health information,” Stat reports. U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., recently wrote to Monument, Workit Health and Cerebral to inquire about their data sharing practices.
The IAPP is tracking the latest developments around artificial intelligence in its Resource Center. The page contains articles, resources and white papers that cover the ethical considerations when AI is used, regulation to tackle the technology and where it intersects with privacy. It also highlights the IAPP Privacy and AI Governance Report. (IAPP membership login required.)Full Story
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the creation of four new government departments, including a dedicated Department for Science, Innovation and Technology focused on technical innovations. The changes remove digital and data policy responsibility from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. IAPP Research and Insights Director Joe Jones said the changes “could pave the way for advances to the U.K.
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to discuss children’s safety online, as well as the need to strengthen data privacy for citizens, among other topics during his State of the Union address Feb. 7. Biden will call for “bipartisan support” of legislation banning targeted advertising and increasing protection of privacy and health online.
As the data economy grows exponentially, so does the use of privacy-enhancing technologies that rely on artificial intelligence and machine learning to secure individuals’ data, IAPP Principal Researcher, Technology, Katharina Koerner, CIPP/US, and Research and Insight Analyst Brandon LaLonde write. PETs are positioned to address the “privacy-utility tradeoff” to protect individuals’ personal data while maintaining a data set’s usefulness for analysis.