The California Privacy Protection Agency posted the agenda for its Dec. 16 board meeting. CPPA Executive Director Ashkan Soltani will provide a broad agency update, before board members on the California Privacy Rights Act Rules Subcommittee offer details regarding ongoing CPRA rulemaking.
The Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union announced member states reached a common position on the draft Artificial Intelligence Act. The council highlighted its unified stance on high-risk AI system classification and requirements, exemptions, compliance and provisions for the proposed AI Board.
Amid concerns over Amazon's relationship with law enforcement, Yahoo asked a Ring spokesperson, a cybersecurity expert and an investigative researcher about protecting data gathered on Amazon and Ring devices.
Mobile data broker Kochava is asking a U.S. District Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleging the company sells smartphone users' geolocation data, MediaPost reports. Kochava said the FTC "grossly exaggerates" what location data "may or may not reveal about consumers" and has not shown the alleged practices cause injury to consumers.
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is adding digital IDs to a program for testing passenger facial recognition verification technology at airports across the country, Nextgov reports. The TSA is considering using digital IDs to verify passenger information against real-time facial recognition scans at checkpoint security.
Recent input from Italy’s data protection authority, the Garante, on cookie paywalls opens a new chapter in the never-ending story of profiling cookies.
In this week’s global news roundup, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner opened a probe into Medibank’s data breach. Meta received a 265 million euro fine from Ireland's Data Protection Commission. And Israel’s Ministry of Justice is seeking public input on draft regulations for data transfers to the European Economic Area. (IAPP member exclusive.) Full Story
Indian Parliament is weighing a potential exemption for early-stage startup companies in the proposed Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, The Tribune reports. A source within the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said the reprieve may come with a "limited time period" to give startups time to "develop their solution" without compliance burdens. The draft bill remains under public consultation through Dec. 17.