Spain's data protection authority, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, issued a report on the influence deceptive and addictive design patterns have on users. The report illustrated how companies implement deceptive design patterns to maximize the amount of time users engage with their services, subsequently increasing the amount of personal data shared.Full story
Denmark's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, announced schools in 52 municipalities will cease data transfers through Google Chromebooks by 1 Aug. in compliance with a January order. The contracts have also been updated to ensure personal data is only processed within the municipality where it is generated.Full story
Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, along with the Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services created a platform for people to send petitions and potential complaints of violations of the General Data Protection Law.
TechCrunch reports privacy advocacy group NOYB filed an EU General Data Protection Regulation complaint with Italy's data protection authority, the Garante, contending advertising technology business Xandr is not responding to requests from individuals to have their personal data deleted or corrected.
Research by Orange Cyberdefense found an increase in victims of ransomware attacks with 4,000 additional victims recorded since 2023, SC Magazine reports.
Germany's Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Ulrich Kelber wrote an article detailing the agency's data protection efforts and his work with the BfDI as he finalized his term 6 July.
A class-action lawsuit filed to a California federal court claimed software company Intuit did not enable proper safeguards to protect consumer data leading to a data breach that affected TurboTax and Credit Karma users, Top Class Actions reports.
The U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency bought access to a data tool that can allegedly trace activity through private networks, 404 Media reports. The tool allows users to access routing data that could be used to "monitor traffic from a given country, or monitor more specific locations."Full story
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will hold a hearing 11 July focused on how artificial intelligence impacts U.S. citizens' online privacy. The hearing is expected to feature a discussion on how AI technologies are increasing the need for a comprehensive federal privacy law as well as business guidelines around AI development and use. Editor's note: Explore the IAPP AI Governance Center and subscribe to the AI Governance Dashboard.
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced information sessions on its Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing in Practice program 12 and 23 July that include an overview of the program and a Q&A opportunity with the program leaders.