Google Chief Privacy Officer Keith Enright, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, and Head of Competition Law Matthew Bye are leaving the company and will not be replaced as Google restructures its privacy and legal departments, Forbes reports. Google Spokesperson Jennifer Crider said the changes will "increase the number of people working on regulatory compliance across the company."Full story
New York state lawmakers and Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., are moving toward a legislative agreement on a children's privacy bill that could disable the use of social media algorithms and promote parental controls for youth users, CNN reports. Hochul said children "should not be bombarded with these feeds that can be sorted a different way and not in a way that is so negative for them."Full story
Data privacy software provider LOKKER released its verification tool that allows businesses to check the efficiency of their consent banner options. The tool aims to prevent unapproved collection of consumer data and ensure businesses remain compliant with privacy laws.Full story
The IAPP AI Governance Global 2024 kicked off with Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith and Shannon Vallor, a professor of ethics of data and artificial intelligence at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, discussing AI's future through the lens of technologies of the past. IAPP Staff Writer Caitlin Andrews reports on their remarks covering caution and optimism around AI's potential.Full story
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Privacy Protection Agency are not aligned on the age-verification components of a draft bill that would increase data privacy protections for minors, Bloomberg reports. The CPPA does not approve of the age-verification provisions of Assembly Bill 1949, which would modify the California Consumer Privacy Act to require business to obtain valid consent from minors before selling or sharing their data.
Luxembourg's National Commission for Data Protection launched a learning tool to help small- and medium-sized businesses with their data protection practices in collaboration with the Luxembourg House of Cybersecurity and the National Cybersecurity Competence Center.
Google published a policy paper titled "Generative AI and Privacy," which calls for artificial intelligence models to be built using privacy-by-design techniques. The paper addresses topics such as data minimization when training models with large datasets in the training and development phases while also creating user-facing applications.
Spain's data protection authority, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, announced Worldcoin will not resume its data collection in Spain until the company settles its investigation with the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision. The AEPD previously decided Worldcoin could not process citizens' biometric data under the AEPD's Tools for Humanity Corporation framework.Full story
Norway's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, offered its opinion and observations regarding Meta's proposed AI model training protocol and the utilization of users' social media posts. The Datatilsynet provided information for how users can opt out of the service while noting it is currently investigating the legality the training data practices. Full story
In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, Digital Progress Institute President Joel Thayer said app stores should use an age verification system to protect children from accessing harmful social media content.