The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development released a report exploring eight key ways to create digital safety for children through proper design. The components include age verification methods, designing child-focused safety programs and protecting children's data.Full story
Spain's data protection authority, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, wrote about the concept of personal identity as a right and how governments should consider protecting it while providing identity-related services. The AEPD discussed how standards for documents such as passports can ensure uniform protections across countries.Full story
Artificial intelligence technology development in smartphones means companies will need to collect more data from consumers in order to make some of the AI features functional, The New York Times reports.
Content licensing company TollBit claimed artificial intelligence companies are bypassing website restrictions in order to use web scraping technology on publishers' work without their consent, Reuters reports.
A comprehensive privacy bill cleared the Rhode Island General Assembly 13 June and awaits potential enactment by the governor. The bill, slated to take effect 1 Jan. 2026, is drawing critical reactions from stakeholders for lacking connectivity to provisions found in other comprehensive state privacy laws, including recognition of universal opt-out mechanisms, enhanced children's privacy protections and a definition for personally identifiable information.
Leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives released a new version of the draft America Privacy Rights Act containing significant changes. The updated version was expanded to 184 pages, but sections addressing civil rights and algorithms were removed. The draft is scheduled for markup in the full House Energy and Commerce Committee 27 June. IAPP Editorial Director Jedidiah Bracy has the details.Full story
The current state of Canada's children's privacy laws were a key topic of interest at the IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2024. Additionally, presenters and attendees were interested in how the proliferation of artificial intelligence technology may impact these existing issues. IAPP Staff Writer Alex LaCasse reports on the major discussion points from Toronto.Full story
The EU AI Board held its first meeting 19 June to discuss how to set the groundwork for the EU Artificial Intelligence Act's upcoming implementation. Members spoke about how to select a chair for the board, the priorities for the act's implementation and what the strategic vision would entail. The next meeting will be in the fall.
The European Data Protection Board published formal guidelines for the second version of Article 37 Law Enforcement Directive following a public consultation.
IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offers his take on the latest privacy and artificial intelligence governance developments in the nation's capital and around the U.S. This week, he examines the newly updated draft American Privacy Rights Act and offers key points to keep an eye on as the bill heads for a markup session 27 June.Full story