Catalonia’s data protection authority, the Autoritat Catalana de Proteccio de Dades, released its methodology for Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments as a tool for transparent AI systems. The FRIA aims to analyze AI systems' potential impact on individuals and navigate risks to ensure organizations comply with data protection regulations.Full story
Consumer Reports and 12 privacy compliance companies released a data rights protocol aiming to help organizations comply with data requests through an efficient process that benefits businesses and consumers.
Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, announced France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, and South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission's educational manga "My Data, My Rights" is now available in Portuguese.
The role of a privacy professional has transitioned from a narrow legal focus to one that embraces "a proactive, strategic approach to data management by embracing innovation," Santa Clara County, California, Chief Privacy Officer Chris Pahl, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP, writes in an op-ed.
Effective and engaging privacy training can increase organizations' safeguards and compliance measures to ensure consumer information remains protected. Red Clover Advisors CEO Jodi Daniels, CIPP/US, details strategic training plans and notes providing privacy tips to employees "can help them understand how important their information is and, in turn, why it is so important to uphold their responsibilities over other individuals' information."Full story
Denmark's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, published updated guidance on secure transmission of data. The new measures detail the risks that threaten the secure transmission of data and ensure secure transmission with a validated sender, recipient and content.Full story
Center for Strategic and International Studies Senior Fellow Laura Caroli examined the second draft of the EU AI Act Code of Practice for general-purpose AI models.
Reuters reports the Chinese app DeepSeek has overtaken ChatGPT in Apple's App Store. DeepSeek researchers say the newest model was trained for USD6 million, showing the potential of oversea AI products to overtake the U.S.'s thus-far dominance of the industry.Full story
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration could use immigration surveillance technology to monitor asylum seekers and collect their personal and biometric information, The New York Times reports.
Individuals are using grief apps to navigate loss, though many are concerned about how the apps could collect, store and sell users' sensitive mental health information, BBC News reports.