Technology companies Microsoft, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto and Google announced they will work to create a glossary aiming to clarify hacker group names, Reuters reports. The initiative will work to provide information about specific hackers to victims of cyberattacks and identify which groups are potentially responsible.Full story
As part of its 25th anniversary, the IAPP celebrates 25 trailblazing innovators and 25 defining moments in the last quarter century that helped establish the privacy and digital governance profession. This week, we look at Edward Snowden's exposure of the U.S. government's ability to surveil citizens and its intelligence partners and how it changed international data sharing practices.Full story
IAPP Managing Director, Europe, Isabelle Roccia, CIPP/E, writes it's hard to tell where Brussels stands on sovereignty. But, she said, the EU must reconcile its ambitions, ways to achieve them and the marketplace and geopolitical realities at play. She discusses "signs of robust posturing on sovereignty coming from some corners of industry, European Parliament, (European) Commission services and member states alike."Full story
Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne released his office's annual report, detailing progress made on his strategic plan.
While global digital regulators are prioritizing children and teenagers' online safety, their approaches "vary significantly across jurisdictions," Baker McKenzie Technology and Privacy Partner Jonathan Tam, CIPP/C, CIPP/US, and International Advisor Elizabeth Denham write. They analyze the efforts regulators in Canada, the EU, U.K. and U.S.
The Digital Advertising Alliance launched a review on the application of its Self-Regulatory Principles to the use of AI to leverage interest-based advertising data. The DAA's Principles and Communications Committee will convene multistakeholder meetings to determine what, if any, subsequent guidance should be issued for using IBA data in the context of AI. IAPP Staff Writer Alex LaCasse has the details. Full story
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is looking to navigate the complex web of children's online safety, prioritizing parental consent and age verification to help combat targeted advertising, addictive algorithms and other digital concerns. IAPP Staff Writer Lexie White recaps the agency's recent forum discussing ongoing and future agency priorities to protect kids online. Full story
The Irish Times reports TikTok can temporarily proceed with EU data transfers until October as the High Court of Ireland considers an appeal of the Data Protection Commission's 2 May transfer decision. The DPC previously found TikTok violated the EU General Data Protection Regulation, resulting in a 530 million euro fine and a ban on transfers if corrective measures were not adopted.
The Guardian reports on the stalemate between the U.K. government and the House of Lords over the proposed Data (Use and Access) Bill, which opponents say will hurt artists by allowing AI to train on copyrighted works. The legislative body voted on an amendment to require disclosure of training materials, sending it back to the other chamber under parliamentary "ping-pong" process.
The European Consumer Organisation filed a complaint against e-commerce company Shein for its alleged use of dark patterns, Reuters reports. BEUC Director General Agustin Reyna said the company needs to "get rid of these dark patterns, but the question is whether they will have enough incentive to do so, knowing the potential impact it can have on the volume of purchases."Full story