Australia to consider 'range' of Privacy Act 'modernisations'
Australia Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said a "whole range" of "modernisations" will be considered within the next iteration of the Privacy Act, the Guardian reports.
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World Economic Forum releases paper on global data flows
The World Economic Forum released a paper titled "Data Free Flow with Trust: Overcoming Barriers to Cross-Border Data Flows." The organization stated it highlights the importance of global data flows and "urges global leaders in the public and private sectors to take collective action to work towards a shared understanding" of data flows with a view toward facilitating "trust-based data exchanges — through policy mechanisms and concrete tools for businesses."
ANPD publishes its review of the biennium
Brazil’s data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, released its Monitoring and Execution Balance Sheet of the Regulatory Agenda for the 2021-2022 biennium. The balance sheet provides an update of the ANPD’s progress toward various projects as required by law.
EU GDPR sparks major tech changes in the Netherlands
The New York Times reports on major changes at Big Tech companies sparked by Dutch privacy regulators' use of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. "They have a centralized approach that leads to the ability to have scalable solutions," Microsoft's Chief Privacy Officer Julie Brill said.
AEPD updates auto control code of conduct with mediation provision for complaints
Spain’s data protection authority, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, approved modifying the Auto Control Code of Conduct “Data processing in advertising activity.” A key provision of the new code of conduct provides a means of expediting the resolution of complaints from citizens regarding data protection and advertising through “a procedure mediation.”
Infographic: Resources for increasing health data protections
The uptick in mobile health application and wearable use by U.S. consumers is generating a renewed interest in health data privacy protection. IAPP Westin Research Fellows Anokhy Desai, CIPP/US, CIPT, and Amy Olivero produced an infographic with a nonexhaustive list of third-party resources, frameworks and guidance organizations can refer to when updating protections for products and services that collect, use or sell digital health data.
NIST to release AI Risk Management Framework
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology will publish the first iteration of its Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework Jan. 26. The NIST described the voluntary standard as aiming to "improve the ability to incorporate trustworthiness considerations into the design, development, use, and evaluation" of AI offerings. A companion AI playbook containing suggested actions, references and documentation guidance is attached to the framework.
US state privacy developments: New York, Utah, Virginia and more
- Mississippi House Bill 467, the Biometric Identifiers Privacy Act, was introduced and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A.
- New York Assembly Bill 1362, the Biometric Privacy Act, was introduced and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection.
European Commission explores Big Tech hires for Digital Services Act enforcement
Politico reports the European Commission plans to offer jobs to those affected by Big Tech layoffs in an effort to boost personnel overseeing enforcement of the Digital Services Act. European Commission Director-General of the Joint Research Centre Stephen Quest said "the door is open" to former workers from Twitter, Meta and other companies that endured cutbacks.
Startup looks to rank adtech publishers for their privacy compliance
An advertising publisher verification startup launched a ranking system for domain privacy compliance, AdExchanger reports. The firm, Neutronian, “independently verifies data providers for quality and compliance” and recently launched a new score ranking “whether publisher networks, ad tech platforms, retail media platforms, data providers and brands” have proactive approach to data privacy and security.