In an interview with the Economic Times, Microsoft President and Vice Chairman Brad Smith said Indian Parliament’s decision to recraft the Personal Data Protection Bill was “an act of wisdom." Smith said it was the right move because it allowed the government to build the legislation in concert with other sectors of the economy.
The European Data Protection Board published statistics on resources that data protection authorities in the European Economic Area are provided from their member states. The statistics included values from the previous two years for comparison, and were broken down by financial and human resources.
Four top Democratic lawmakers on the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg that inquired about the company releasing "sensitive" private user data to be used in state criminal investigations. The letter, signed by Committee Chairman Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., along with Reps.
Politico reports Ireland's Data Protection Commission fined Meta's Instagram 405 million euros for children's privacy violations under the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The fine, which is the second-largest GDPR penalty to ever be handed down, covers alleged violations stemming from Instagram's default account settings for children ages 13-17 that exposed email addresses and phone numbers associated with child-operated accounts.
Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development proposed creating a central register of users’ consent. Under the proposal, citizens would be able to view every service they consented to processing their data, such as government agencies, banks and loyalty programs. Users would be able to see the content of the data they provide, withdraw consent on the platform and delete any of their data in one location.Full Story
TechMonitor reports on the future of the U.K. Data Protection and Digital Information Bill after the announcement of the U.K.'s new prime minister delayed the bill's second reading. The bill was scheduled to be debated in Parliament Sept. 5 but has been delayed indefinitely following Liz Truss' election.
Reality is settling in for the proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act as ongoing debate over the bill and its preemption provisions led U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to oppose bringing the current bill to a House floor vote. Pelosi said she will work with House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pallone, D-N.J., on a path to possibly preserve the ability for states, particularly California, to legislate on privacy as they see fit.
Norway’s data protection authority, Datatilsynet, conducted a survey on workers’ attitudes about employee monitoring tools. The survey found more than half of the country’s workers had a negative opinion on the amount of data their employer collected on them.
In this week’s global legislative roundup, Ireland's Data Protection Commission fined Instagram for violating children's privacy under the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The second reading of the U.K. Data Protection and Digital Information Bill was delayed after the announcement of a new prime minister. And in the U.S., the California legislature passed the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act. (IAPP member exclusive.)Full Story