France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, issued guidance on how the agency will enforce regulations contained within the EU Artificial Intelligence Act. The guidance includes how the AI Act impacts enforcement of the EU General Data Protection Regulation and when the AI Act applies solely to entities and when they must also factor compliance with the GDPR.
Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission published potential revisions to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information. Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Partner Hiroyuki Tanaka and Associate Kohei Shiozaki outline the possible implications covered entities face under the proposed amendments.Full story
Israel's Privacy Protection Authority released recommendations for how to use tracking tags and still maintain privacy. The guidance notes the trail of location data could give insights into a person's daily habits if not protected correctly.Full story
The Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia introduced the Consumer Health Information Privacy Protection Act of 2024, a bill aiming to tighten privacy requirements for businesses that fall outside the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
AT&T allegedly paid a member of the hacking group ShinyHunters more than USD300,000 to delete a trove of customer data affecting a majority of the telecommunication company's users, Wired reports. The hack took place in April but was made public after AT&T reported it in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.Full story
The Record reports retailer Advance Auto Parts said personally identifiable information of more than 2.3 million people was leaked in a recent data breach. It is one of several breaches connected to a May attack against data storage company Snowflake.Full story
Mexico's National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data announced it will investigate the recent Ticketmaster data breach. The INAI noted customers are granted certain protections under the Federal Law on Protection of Personal Data Held by the Individuals.Full story
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 offers his perspective on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's latest action to ban an anonymous messaging app following alleged deceptive and harmful acts against teens.Full story
The EU Artificial Intelligence Act was officially published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
The EU Artificial Intelligence Act was published in the Official Journal of the EU 12 July. The act will enter into force 1 Aug. and sets the timetable for a phased approach to its implementation and enforcement. This IAPP resource lays out some of the most important dates and milestones for the future implementation of the law.