The Cabinet of Malaysia approved amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 to bring the regulation more in line with global standards, Free Malaysia Today reports. Some of the changes include mandatory notification of data breaches, more compliance needs for data processors and the requirement to appoint data protection officers.Full story
Spain's National Court Prosecutor's Office is investigating whether Meta's use of users' personal information to train artificial intelligence violates data protection laws, the Diario de Sevilla reports. The social media company said it would halt the practice for Facebook and Instagram users in Europe in mid-June in response to EU regulators' scrutiny.Full story
The Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden announced it fined Spotify SEK40 million for alleged data protection violations.
Communications company Twilio experienced a cyberattack that allegedly breached the phone numbers of 33 million users of the company's two-factor authentication app Authy, TechCrunch reports. The company claimed it is working to increase cybersecurity measures to protect user data.
The provisions of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement allowing for cross-border data flows entered into force 1 July. The provisions for data transfers in the agreement aim to facilitate commerce between the EU and Japan and promote the concept of "data free flow with trust."Full story
U.S. Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass., Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Reps. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., and Kathy Castor, D-Fla., wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging an investigation into TikTok's alleged Children's Online Privacy Protection Act violations, MediaPost reports.
The European Commission plans to permit developers of general-purpose artificial intelligence models to write their own codes of practice for demonstrating their compliance with EU laws, Euractiv reports.
The rise of neurotechnology requires a balance between substantial promise and considerable risk. UNESCO Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights Chair Claudia Roda called on interested stakeholders to participate in the agency's online consultation on the first draft of the Recommendation on the Ethics of Neurotechnology, which will lead to the creation of an international framework to address the challenges of neurotechnology.
Lithuania's State Data Protection Inspectorate fined the second-hand clothing trading website Vinted 2,385,276 euros for alleged noncompliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The regulator claimed violations of GDPR principles for transparency and accountability around data subject access rights.
Norway's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, is launching a summer campaign to bring awareness to the rules around cameras in the workplace. The regulator notes employees are not always properly informed about camera use and employers do not always use them to check work efforts.Full story