As part of its 25th anniversary, the IAPP celebrates 25 trailblazing innovators and 25 defining moments in the last quarter century that helped establish the privacy and digital governance profession.
Since the 2022 Dobbs decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, state and federal lawmakers "have taken a wide range of actions with respect to reproductive health privacy and abortion rights, with growing divergence between left and right leaning jurisdictions," Hintze Law Partners Kate Black, CIPP/US, Mike Hintze, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP, and Associate Felicity Slater write.
The IAPP announced the appointment of four new members to its Board of Directors for 2025 and the election of Mastercard Chief Privacy and Data Responsibility Officer Caroline Louveaux, CIPP/E, CIPM, as board chair. "Our 2025 board of directors reflects the depth of knowledge and expertise required to lead our growing profession through the evolving landscape of digital governance," IAPP President and CEO J.
Sweden's data protection authority, the Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten, said the government needs to invest more in privacy-friendly technologies and review the EU General Data Protection Regulation in its latest report. The agency also said the effect of new legislation around law enforcement and workplace surveillance should be examined.Full story
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is urging consumers to consider using Global Privacy Controls to opt out of the sale of their data. The call was made in coordination with attorneys general in Connecticut and Colorado.
Organizations face time and financial tolls when implementing standard contractual clauses to establish international data transfers. elevenM Manager Piotr Debowski, CIPM, and Principal Mark Byrne, CIPP/A, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP, explore the key factors in establishing clauses, including contract configuration and internal stakeholder buy-in.Full story
Organizations seeking compliance with the EU AI Act must ensure they plan a comprehensive AI literacy program. Knowledge Bridge AI co-founder and EWR Consulting Consultant Erica Werneman Root, CIPP/E, CIPM, Mahay Consulting Services Director and Sky Showtime Chief Compliance Officer Monica Mahay, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP, and uQualio Video4Learning CEO Hatla Færch Johnsen detail steps organizations can take to create a strategic AI literacy scheme.Full story
The research arm of France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, published its report on how 10 major online social platforms handle user requests to access their data. The agency's Digital Innovation Laboratory was specifically looking at user experience and good interface design practices; its results for each platform are available online.Full story
The Guardian reports on the International AI Safety report's finding that AI is increasingly being used in malicious ways as its lead author, Yoshua Bengio, warned about the dangers of accelerating AI development. Meanwhile, Wired reports DeepSeek left one of its databases containing user prompts and authentication tokens exposed online.
Kenya's Office of the Data Protection Commissioner launched a campaign to spread awareness about the importance of protecting consumers' personal data, Kenya News Agency reports.