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• The European Union Digital Services Act, establishing new obligations for online platforms to reduce harms online and introducing stronger user protections, entered into force Nov. 16. Covered entities will have four months to comply with obligations under the DSA. 

U.K. Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Deputy Director for Domestic Data Protection Policy Owen Rowland told privacy professionals at the IAPP Data Protection Congress 2022 in Brussels, Belgium, that the latest consultation on the stalled proposed Data Protection and Digital Information Bill will begin shortly. "We are genuinely interested in continuing to engage with the whole range of stakeholders. Different business sectors as well as privacy and consumer groups," Rowland said.

International data transfer regulation is rooted in heavy manual processes and paperwork. As tedious as that may be, they are an essential pillar for global economies and businesses operating in an increasingly digital world. Scuba Analytics CEO Tony Ayaz takes a look at the future of data transfers, saying legal, compliance and risk teams, and data officers should embrace approaches using new technologies.

Meta hopes the Irish High Court will “quash” its 405 million euro fine for reportedly violating children’s privacy on its Instagram platform, the Irish Examiner reports. The move comes after Ireland's Data Protection Commission issued a fine to Meta in September after personally identifiable information of teenage Instagram users was automatically published under default settings, which has since been corrected.