Turkey's data protection authority, the Kişisel Verileri Koruma Kurumu, issued a notice on amendments to Article 9 of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data concerning personal data transfers abroad. The amendments allow for organizations to utilize standard contractual clauses and permit binding corporate rules to transfer personal data outside of Turkey.
The Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority commenced a public consultation on draft rules for data protection officer appointments. The rules clearly outline DPO qualifications and instances where data controllers must appoint a DPO, while detailing additional responsibilities an officer must take up in addition to those laid out under Article 32(3) of the Implementing Regulation of the Personal Data Protection Law.
Politico reports departures of six privacy and compliance officials at Google in the last several months, as well as disbanding its machine learning privacy team, is causing concern among U.S. lawmakers. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., questioned if the recent moves at Google suggest the company could be in violation of a 2011 Federal Trade Commission order to maintain a "comprehensive privacy program."Full story
The majority of Bermuda websites do not have a privacy notice and use unclear language if they do, according to a survey of online privacy protection the Privacy Commissioner Alexander White, CIPP/A, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP, conducted, The Royal Gazette reports.
Pakistan's military-run spy agency was given the authority to tap phone calls and messages to track down terrorist and criminal activity, Reuters reports. The army argued the surveillance would not be deployed against civilians but the move raises fears among some members of the Parliament of Pakistan that it would be used against them and pose privacy problems.Full story
A lawsuit filed to a U.S. court in California claimed fitness company Peloton shared user data with marketing firm Drift for artificial intelligence training purposes, IT Pro reports.
The Wall Street Journal reports it tested social media platforms' recommendations for teens and found Instagram allegedly promoted explicit content to underage users. The experiment claimed explicit content was found on Instagram Reels and promoted to users whose age was set to 13 years old.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Los Angeles District Attorney's Office entered an enforcement settlement with the developers of anonymous messaging app NGL Labs that includes a ban on services to minors under 18 and a USD5 million fine.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission entered a consent decree with a company offering call-assist technology for hearing-impaired persons to resolve an investigation into its alleged practice of unlawfully retaining call information beyond the duration of a call. CaptionCall will pay a USD34.6 million settlement, which is to be divided between investments in "privacy and data protection enhancements," civil penalties and other remedies.
The Global Privacy Enforcement Network announced it completed a review of more than 1,000 websites and apps, finding a vast majority employed at least one deceptive design pattern "that made it difficult for users to make privacy-protective decisions." The review involved officials from 26 global data protection authorities and was conducted between 29 Jan.-2 Feb.Full story