The Hill reports TikTok and other ByteDance-owned apps will be removed from all U.S. House of Representatives-managed devices starting 15 Aug. The chief administrative officer of the House first asked for the Chinese-owned app to be removed in 2022 due to security risks, but will now be contacting staff to have them delete it. Other prohibited platforms are Capcut, Hypic, Lark and Lemon8.Full story
The U.S. Senate took a step toward Congress' first online safety reform in three decades with passage of the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act 30 July. The bill comprises three separate frameworks aiming to establish certain children's digital safeguards while modernizing existing children's privacy rules. IAPP News Editor Joe Duball reports on the bill and what comes next with U.S. House consideration.Full story
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner announced the social platform X may be in violation of the Privacy Act after users discovered they were automatically opted in to having posts help train artificial intelligence systems, ABC News reports.
Spain's competition regulator, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia, issued a 413 million euro fine to travel company Booking.com, Euractiv reports. The CNMC said the company's competitive practices prevented other organizations from "entering the market or expanding."Full story
The European Data Protection Supervisor issued a new model for transferring personal data between EU institutions and other international organizations.
The New York Attorney General's Office published two privacy guides for businesses and consumers regarding website tracking technologies. The Business Guide to Website Privacy Controls aims to improve state consumer protection law compliance in relation to deploying tracking technology and better protecting users' personal information.
Analysis from IBM's data breach recovery report indicates it costs an average of USD4.88 million for companies to recover from cyber incidents, Axios reports. With a rise in cyberattacks, some organizations have begun using artificial intelligence to reduce the cost of recovery. The report showed companies using AI spent an average of USD4.64 million while companies that did not spent approximately USD5.72 million.Full story
The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority is probing whether an investment from Google in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic warrants a closer look and subsequent scrutiny, the Guardian reports. The CMA is also examining similar deals between Amazon and Anthropic and other high-priced investments from large technology companies into other AI startups.Full story
Personal data collection concerns have been raised in relation to OpenAI's latest artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT-40, Wired reports.
The Indian government is expected to release the final draft rules under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act by mid-August, The Economic Times reports.