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Op-ed: CFPB financial data rights rule endangers consumers' data

In an op-ed for The Hill, Consumer Bankers Association Executive Vice President and Head of Regulatory Affairs Dan Smith said the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's implementation of Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act "could have sweeping implications for the financial services marketplace and consumers alike." Smith said the provision intends to ensure consumers can access personal data held by their financial services provider, but will "expose the sensitive financial information of millions of consumers to unnecessary risks and fail to provide them with access required by Congress." 

EU authorities issued 1.6B euros in GDPR fines over past year

DLA Piper's latest annual General Data Protection Regulation Fines and Data Breach Survey found European supervisory authorities issued 1.64 billion euros in fines since Jan. 28, 2022, a 50% increase over the prior year. Five of the top 10 fines came from Ireland's Data Protection Commission, some targeting behavioral advertising practices. "These have the potential to be every bit as profound for the future of the grand bargain struck between online service providers and consumers as Schrems II has been for international data transfers," U.K.

Cyberattack of UK sportswear company exposes data of 10M customers

The BBC reports 10 million customers of U.K. sportswear chain JD Sports had their data exposed in a cyberattack. The breach reportedly affected online sales data from 2018-2020, including personally identifiable information. JD Sports representatives said they were contacting affected customers, working with “leading cyber-security experts” and talking with the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office to respond to the breach.Full Story

Roundup: Canada, EU, US and more

In this week’s Global News Roundup, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada reflected on the commission’s annual report. The European Data Protection Board published its binding decision in the Irish Data Protection Commission’s WhatsApp case. U.S. Republican lawmakers introduced another bill to ban citizens from downloading TikTok. And the Saudi Arabian Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority opened a public consultation period for secondary data use guidelines. (IAPP member exclusive.)Full Story

EU member states move toward agreement on European Health Data Space

Euractiv reports the Council of the European Union is drawing closer to a consensus position on the proposed European Health Data Space. The council's Working Party on Public Health agreed on amendments to the European Commission's proposed provisions regarding secondary use of data, including withholding data for the purposes of public security and national security.

A view from DC: New US Congress, new life for proposed ADPPA

IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, breaks down the latest privacy developments in the nation’s capital, including a look at the potential road ahead for the proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act as the 118th U.S. Congress settles into its new structure.Full Story

A view from Brussels: ENISA cybersecurity priorities and the threat landscape analysis

Kenyan president announces 'data protection registration system,' digital ID requirement

Kenyan President William Ruto announced the formation of a “data protection registration system” as part of the country’s observation of global Data Privacy Day, The Star reports. Ruto made the announcement as part of a two-day event in Nairobi that connected “stakeholders from government agencies (and) private and public sectors . . .

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