Bloomberg reports U.S. Congress obtained a whistleblower complaint alleging additional privacy and data security issues at Twitter before and shortly after Elon Musk's takeover. The unnamed whistleblower claimed approximately 4,000 Twitter employees had access to administrative settings that allowed a full takeover of any private account without user consent.
U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., announced committee and subcommittee majority leadership for the 118th Congress. The full committee spent the end of the 2022 session, with Rodgers as ranking member, approving the proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act for a House floor vote. Rodgers named Rep.
European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee may tighten political advertising regulations to reduce election interference and improve transparency, Forbes reports. An IMCO proposal allows advertisers to only use personal data expressly given to them for political advertising purposes. This would ban “microtargeting” voters “on the basis of their gender, race, sexual orientation, or other individual characteristics,” as well as the use of children’s data entirely.
U.S. lawmakers in both houses of Congress introduced legislation banning TikTok from being downloaded on Americans’ devices, The Hill reports. The bill, introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-MO, and Rep.
As the new year kicks off, legislatures around the world appear poised to grapple with data protection and privacy. The IAPP gathered predictions from privacy professionals in 56 jurisdictions across six continents in the “Global Legislative Predictions 2023” white paper to help privacy pros see what may play out across the world from on-the-ground experts.
The regulatory landscape for privacy and data protection in the U.S. is ever-changing, especially at the state level in recent years. The IAPP aims to keep privacy professionals up to date on state legislative updates with its "US State Privacy Legislation Tracker." The tracker consists of a bill status map and a chart identifying key provisions in the legislation.
The Future of Privacy Forum selected seven winners and two honorable mentions of its 13th annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers Awards. Winners will present their papers Feb. 16 in a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington. Topics explored in the papers include regulating the digital economy to advance nondiscrimination and challenges data protection regulators face in the global south.Full Story
France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, announced plans to launch a department dedicated to artificial intelligence. The five-person team will guide the CNIL's understanding of AI matters, including AI system functions, associated privacy risks and preparations for the proposed EU AI Act.
The Wall Street Journal reports the U.S. Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google's parent company, Alphabet, seeking to break up its digital advertising business. Eight state attorneys general joined the DOJ in accusing Google of monopolization while seeking to cancel acquisitions and halt the company's ad exchange that supports the alleged dominance.
