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What to know about South Africa's privacy regime

The IAPP Privacy Around the Globe LinkedIn Live series is headed to South Africa Dec. 6. ABSA Bank Group Head of Data Privacy Amenda Makhetha, CIPM, will join IAPP Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer Caitlin Fennessy, CIPP, to discuss the country’s Protection of Personal Information Act of 2013, the latest on regulatory priorities, privacy enforcement, privacy professionals’ top areas of focus in the region and more.Full Story

Amazon will warn against potential discrimination in AI offerings

Reuters reports Amazon will issue warning cards with some of its artificial intelligence-based products to bring light to potential discrimination issues the technologies may possess. The AI Service Cards will be attached to cloud-computing products, including facial recognition and audio transcription, to provide information on the limits of those services.

BBB National Programs sends IT security company's ad claims to FTC

BBB National Programs' National Advertising Division referred advertising claims by information technology security company Zscaler about its Zero Trust Exchange Platform to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. NAD recommended Zscaler stop making claims comparing its privacy protection attributes and benefits to its competitor and said it referred the case to "the FTC and other regulatory authorities for review and possible enforcement action."Full Story

Password manager breached; ICE publishes vulnerable immigrants identities

  • Password manager LastPass announced an investigation into "a security incident" in which customers' personal data, stored in a third-party cloud storage provider, was accessed by an "unauthorized party," TechCrunch reports. In a company blog post, CEO Karim Toubba said the party used information taken when LastPass’ systems were breached in August, and the extent of the breach was being investigated.

Hashing out EU-US Data Privacy Framework questions

The proposed EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework is on track to be finalized sometime during spring 2023, if the European Commission’s adequacy process aligns with timelines for its prior decisions. However, finalization does not put questions about the proposed framework’s durability compared to prior invalidated EU-U.S. agreements to rest. Many of those questions were raised by relevant officials and stakeholders at the IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2022. IAPP Staff Writer Joe Duball rounds up all the discussions contemplating the future of EU-U.S.

Israel opens consultation on EEA data transfer rules

Israel's Ministry of Justice announced a public consultation on the draft Privacy Protection Regulations for data transfers from European Economic Area nations. The regulations outline obligations for Israeli entities to ensure an adequate level of data protection for data transferred from the EEA. Responsibilities include data retention limits as well as extending rights to deletion, accuracy and notification. The deadline for public comments is Dec. 20.

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