The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced a USD250,000 settlement with health care provider Cascade Eye and Skin Centers after a ransomware attack breached sensitive patient information.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will hold a virtual workshop 25 Feb. 2025 to examine social media platforms' design features, MediaPost reports. The workshop will focus on the impact design features have on childrens' and teenagers' volume of social media consumption and the effects on their physical and emotional well-being.Full story
The EU AI Office announced chairs of the four working groups of the first General-Purpose AI Code of Practice as part of the plenary session's launch.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issued a USD6 million fine to the person who allegedly made deceptive robocalls to New Hampshire voters using generative AI technology. The caller pretended to be President Joe Biden and spread election misinformation, a violation of the Truth in Caller ID Act.Full story
Finland's data protection authority, the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman, said individuals can request their data from entities with the help of authorized agents. The DPA said organizations must ensure data request processes are easily accessible for verified data subjects and the agents representing them.Full story
Israel's Privacy Protection Authority published new guidance on maintaining documents in medium and high-security databases to comply with Regulation 10 of the Privacy Protection Regulations. Meanwhile, the DPA inspected 34 communications sector entities and found most comply with the Protection of Privacy Law.Full story
Quebec's data protection authority, the Commission d'accés à l'information du Québec, submitted a policy brief on its report studying the protection of young people's personal information online. The brief calls for regulation of targeted advertising and advises caution on age verification measures.Full story
In the last of a three-part series unpacking platform liability laws related to AI, IAPP European Operations Coordinator Laura Pliauskaite and former IAPP AI Governance Fellow Uzma Chaudhry explore the progression of digital platform liability laws in the EU, despite the Digital Markets Act not being developed with AI in mind.Full story
IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offers his take on the latest privacy and AI governance developments in the nation's capital and around the U.S. This week, he explores the unique aspects and requirements in the proposed AI Civil Rights Act recently introduced to U.S. Congress.Full story
Ireland's Data Protection Commission issued a 91 million euro fine and formal reprimand to Meta after the company notified the agency in 2019 that it stored certain users' passwords in plain text in its internal systems.