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Kevin Bankston worked in civil society for 18 years, litigating on a wide variety of issues like government surveillance, often "at loggerheads" with large technology companies over consumer privacy issues. But he also found alignments and went into the "belly of the corporate beast," spending four years as Meta's AI policy director. He's now using that experience to "further responsible AI development in the public interest" at the Center for Democracy and Technology's AI Governance Lab.

New Zealand's Office of the Privacy Commissioner published an update on the progress of the Privacy Amendment Bill. The guidance is geared toward organizations to begin proactive planning for new compliance measures. The OPC said a major proposed update in the legislation entails revamping the Information Privacy Principle.Full story

France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, published the final version of its guide to help organizations conduct data transfer impact assessments. The guidance spells out when an impact assessment should be conducted and what objective should be sought. Meanwhile, the CNIL opened a public consultation through 28 Feb.

U.S. Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Katie Britt, R-Ala., introduced the Kids Off Social Media Act that would prevent individuals under 13 years old from creating social media accounts and restrict content recommendations for users under age 18, MediaPost reports.