The California Privacy Protection Agency Board published agenda items for its Feb. 3 meeting, including the final draft of its proposed California Privacy Rights Act regulations. The board announced discussion and possible action to finalize CPRA regulations in its meeting notice preceding the release of meeting materials. Finalization during the meeting would trigger a 30-day review from the California Office of Administrative Law.
In an interview with Politico, U.S. Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., discussed proposed legislation to strengthen Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act protections for reproductive health data and the importance of safeguarding such sensitive and personal information. Post Roe v. Wade, Jacobs said, "None of our privacy laws are really set up for what we are going through and what society looks like.
Members of European Parliament plan to debate the proposed Artificial Intelligence Act's classification criteria for high-risk AI deployments. AI Act co-rapporteurs Brando Benifei and Dragoș Tudorache prepared a potential compromise text ahead of discussions aimed at making clear distinctions between actual or potential risks. The MEPs' meeting will also include adoption of prior compromise texts on requirements for high-risk AI systems and innovation measures.
If the U.S. passed legislation to ban TikTok, it may ultimately further undermine national security interests in the long run, Center for Strategic and International Studies Senior Adviser Glenn Gerstell writes in The New York Times.
Negotiations on the U.N. cybercrime convention progressed in January, but lingering issues remain, University Grenoble Alps Associate Professor of International Law Karine Bannelier writes in Lawfare. She said, “negotiations were marked by attempts by authoritarian states to transform this ...
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office issued a letter to the North Ayrshire Council with concerns the use of facial recognition technology in nine school canteens may have violated the U.K. General Data Protection Regulation. "New technologies such as FRT can offer benefits and efficiencies, but their use is not without risk from a data protection point of view.
A patented solution by new advertising technology company FullThrottle intends to collect 10 times more data than browsing cookies, Gizmodo reports. Chief Product Officer Amol Waishampayan said the technology helps companies gather data on their own customers, when they willingly consent to being tracked.
European organizations can run into problems when assessing whether artificial intelligence systems unintentionally discriminate based on ethnicity. Such sensitive data use is a violation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, but the European Commission's proposed AI Act includes a provision allowing organizations to use sensitive data for AI audits.
A study released by the European Commission on the impact of developments in digital advertising highlights "a strong case to reform digital advertising" as the "status quo is unsustainable for individuals, publishers and advertisers." The study points to a "need to improve transparency and accountability, increase individuals' control over how their personal data is used for digital advertising and address a number of obstacles that make it harder for advertisers and publishers to 'know their audience.'"
Sweden's data protection authority, the Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten, released "Data Protection in Practice," a privacy operations management survey of more than 800 Swedish data protection officers. Four in 10 respondents said their companies work "continually and systematically with data protection" and half of all respondents said company management is receptive and understanding of data protection matters.