Hong Kong urged to speed up privacy reforms
The South China Morning Post reports stakeholders are urging Hong Kong to ramp up privacy law reform efforts.
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A view from Brussels: GDPR application report recommended summer reading
IAPP Managing Director, Europe, Isabelle Roccia, CIPP/E, writes European-interested privacy professionals should add the second report on the application of the EU General Data Protection Regulation to their summer reading lists. Roccia outlines objectives within the 32-page report, published 25 July by the European Commission, including robust enforcement and advancing the Commission's international strategy on data protection.Full story
Flight tracking website exposed personal data
Flight tracking website FlightAware exposed users' personally identifiable information due to a "configuration error," 404 Media reports. Users' professional and personal data were breached, including pilot status, addresses, Social Security numbers and IP addresses. Full story
IAB Tech Lab revises Multi-State Privacy Agreement
The Interactive Advertising Bureau Tech Lab is revising its Multi-State Privacy Agreement to account for 19 U.S. states with comprehensive privacy laws, MediaPost reports. The agreement represents "a set of privacy-protective terms that spring into place among a network of signatories and that follow the data as it flows through the digital ad supply chain," according to the IAB Tech Lab.Full story
New Hampshire attorney general announces Data Privacy Unit
New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella announced the creation of the Data Privacy Unit within his agency's Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau. The new unit will be responsible for ensuring compliance with the state's Data Privacy Act, which enters into force 1 Jan. 2025.
Finland's DPA publishes 2023 activity report
Finland's Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman published its activity report for 2023, detailing its enforcement actions. The regulator resolved 13,060 data protection cases and issued fines between 1,600 and 440,000 euros against companies that allegedly violated privacy protections.Full story
WhatsApp must halt data sharing under Brazil court order
Brazil's consumer protection authority, the Instituto de Defesa de Consumidores, was granted a preliminary injunction against WhatsApp by a federal court judge to halt its personal data sharing practices and require the platform to offer a consent option. The injunction stems from allegations brought in a BRL1.733 billion civil action filed in July. WhatsApp has 90 days to comply.Full story
FTC consumer protection chief outlines 'surveillance pricing' probe
On a recent episode of NPR's "On Point," U.S. Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection Director Samuel Levine said the agency's probe into "surveillance pricing" practices will look to understand what data companies are using to learn about their customers and how it will impact prices.
France, UK discuss cyber threats
France and the U.K. began a joint consultation to discuss cyber threats under the Pall Mall Process. The consultation will analyze commercial cyber intrusion capabilities and its affects on civil society, government agencies and industry groups.Full story
Norway's DPA plans privacy, security check-ins
Norway's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, plans to inspect the data practices of public and private institutions as part of its supervisory activities for the rest of 2024. The regulator also plans to look at how artificial intelligence is being used in their compliance activities.Full story