The Irish Times reports Meta filed an appeal with Ireland's High Court to overturn a 91 million euro fine the country's Data Protection Commission imposed for improperly storing user passwords. The company argued the DPC levied a penalty disproportionate to the infraction.Full story
Latvia's State Data Inspectorate released guidelines on the minimum required data protection standards startups need to follow. The resources include a compliance checklist, a guide on effective data protection and access to learning materials.Full story
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission released preliminary findings from its surveillance pricing study, detailing decades of companies' collection and sale of consumer data and the effect advertising technology has on consumer data protection. The agency discussed the "roots of information markets and early data brokers" and what a potential path forward on enforcement might look like.
IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offers his take on the latest privacy and AI governance developments in the nation's capital and around the U.S. This week, he digs into the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's finalized amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Rule.Full story
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the law banning social platform TikTok in the U.S. if it does not divest from its Chinese parent company by 19 Jan., NPR reports.
The European Data Protection Board adopted new guidelines for pseudonymization during its latest plenary meeting 16 Jan. and opened a public consultation until 28 Feb.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission voted 3-0, with two commissioners absent, to issue a sanction order against automaker General Motors and subsidiary OnStar for alleged collection and sale of customers' geolocation data. Under the proposed order, GM and OnStar would be barred from disclosing driver's location data for five years and must obtain consent before selling driver data.
As part of its 25th anniversary, the IAPP will celebrate 25 trailblazing innovators and 25 defining moments in the last quarter century that helped establish the privacy and digital governance profession. This week we highlight how the proliferation of the internet, mobile phones, online advertising and social networking spurred the evolution of the privacy profession and digital responsibility.Full story
The executive order on cybersecurity U.S. President Joe Biden issued in the final days of his presidency "aims to build on existing initiatives and drive progress on multiple fronts," including software security, AI and quantum computing, IAPP Cybersecurity Law Center Director Jim Dempsey writes.
Politico reports the Council of the European Union voted European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiórowski to remain in his post after the European Parliament selected European Commission Head of International Data Flows and Protection Bruno Gencarelli as their candidate. Council representatives and MEPs must negotiate on a consensus candidate, but an ongoing stalemate would force the council to establish additional procedural steps prior to a new vote.Full story