Cash App agrees to $15M data breach settlement
Cash App users will be able to claim up to USD2,500 after the company agreed to settle its data breach lawsuit for USD15 million, The New York Times reports. The class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S.
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Businesses grow restless without India's DPDPA rules in place
Mint reports on the anxiety business leaders are feeling as India's government has yet to implement rules for the Digital Personal Data Protection Act. The lack of regulations means they cannot take action on issues like data transfer requests, and leaves business leaders uncertain on what practices to adopt.
European Commission seeks EU-US Data Privacy Framework
The European Commission opened is soliciting stakeholder feedback toward its one-year review EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. The Commission seeks perspective on whether the DPF is functioning as intended. Public comments are due 6 Sept. and will be used toward a final report due for adoption third quarter 2024.Full story
Exploring US law schools' privacy curricula
Join IAPP Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer Caitlin Fennessy, CIPP/US, for a LinkedIn Live 15 Aug. breaking down the key points of the IAPP and the Cordell Institute at Washington University in St. Louis' new report examining the privacy-focused courses offered at U.S. law schools. Fennessy will delve into the report's findings with Washington University of St.
Op-ed: Pressing need for a global treaty on international data transfers
The absence of multilateral treaties governing cross-border data transfers is creating "legal fragmentation (that) will inevitably lead to inconsistent, conflicting regulations," Yilport Holding Compliance Manager Ç. Saba Uğurerkan, CIPP/E, writes. Without an international data transfer framework, Uğurerkan said the digital divide between varying countries widens and stymies global economic growth.Full story
A view from DC: Kids' privacy lessons from the TikTok lawsuit
IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offers his take on the latest privacy and artificial intelligence governance developments in the nation's capital and around the U.S. This week, he outlines his top takeaways from the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission's children's privacy lawsuit against TikTok.Full story
Operational impacts of India's DPDPA, Part 9: Data protection impact assessments
Specifics around how and when data protection impact assessments need to be carried out will soon come via draft regulations under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act. Ikigai Law Partner Sreenidhi Srinivasan and KPMG Associate Abhinav Wadhwa, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP, outline the details regarding what is currently known about the India's DPIA requirements. Editor's note: This is the ninth in a 10-part series on the operational impacts of India's DPDPA.
Considerations for AI risk assessment implementation
Assessing artificial intelligence systems can be necessary for companies to mitigate risks and ensure the technology is helping to "propel the organization toward its business and strategic goals," Red Clover Advisors founder and CEO Jodi Daniels, CIPP/US, writes. She discusses when organizations should conduct an AI risk assessment and how to ensure the assessment is effective.Full story
Ireland's DPC welcomes X decision to suspend AI training on users' posts
Ireland's Data Protection Commission welcomed the decision by the social platform X to suspend processing of users' posts to train its artificial intelligence model, Grok.
Apple stops app developer 'link outs' to meet DMA requirements
Apple announced changes to EU policies that will now allow app developers to communicate with customers outside of its App Store to comply with the Digital Markets Act, Euractiv reports. Previously, Apple would require users to access an app's services through "link outs," in which they would access a link in a given app and be directed to its website to complete a contract. Full story