The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office published its 2023-24 annual report detailing its efforts to protect privacy while promoting innovation. Information Commissioner John Edwards said his office will continue to provide "expert guidance for the organisations we regulate" while "taking action where necessary for the people we protect" during the development of artificial intelligence technology.Full story
Nigeria's Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and the Data Protection Commission fined Meta USD220 million related to alleged violations of its consumer data protection laws, Reuters reports.
Reuters reports Oracle agreed to pay USD115 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of collecting people's personal information and selling it to third parties. The database software firm denied wrongdoing in the case accusing it of creating unauthorized lists of people's browsing information in possible violation of the California Constitution.Full story
The EU Consumer Protection Cooperation Network issued a letter to Meta regarding the legality of its pay-or-consent advertising model. CPCN members claimed the model misleads consumers about its costs, confuses users trying to find out how their data is used and pressures users into making an immediate choice. Meta has until 24 Sept. to respond.Full story
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders released a joint statement on the one-year review of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. The officials noted the framework's success as more than 2,800 entities joined since July 2023 and 70% of those entities were small businesses.
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 explored what comes next for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission leadership as Chair Lina Khan's term draws to a close.Full Story
A global technology outage is being attributed to cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike issuing a software update that caused software systems to crash, The New York Times reports. The outage affected critical systems such as airlines and emergency services as well as potential impacts on banks, media outlets and more. Full story
Members of European Parliament are considering the creation of a monitoring group for implementing the EU Artificial Intelligence Act within the body, Euractiv reports. Parliament's Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection is expected to discuss establishing the group next week and it could be structured similarly to the monitoring groups that oversee the implementation of the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act.
The increasing development and deployment of artificial intelligence is also increasing the need for data protection impact assessments. The U.K. Information Commissioner's case against Snap's My AI raises a prime example of AI necessitating a DPIA and the requirements and obligations around those assessments.
Meta will likely hold off from releasing its upcoming multimodal artificial intelligence model Llama in the EU, Axios reports.