The Conference of the Independent Data Protection Authorities of Germany, the Datenschutzkonferenz, published a paper detailing the risks and requirements for consent to use genetic data for research purposes. The agency also proposed new legislation to differentiate between secondary uses of the data, such as with quality assurance.Full story
The Worldcoin Foundation released an open-source system based on multiparty computation and claimed it sets a new standard for sensitive data protection, The Block reports. Worldcoin Foundation said, when migrating to the new system, it deleted iris scans taken from individuals who had previously signed up for the Worldcoin project.Full story
Speaking at the CYBERUK conference, U.K. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Saqib Bhatti announced the release of two new codes of practice to improve cybersecurity protocols.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit refused to reintroduce a class-action lawsuit against Amazon for targeted advertisements, MediaPost reports. The lawsuit claimed Amazon's Alexa served targeted ads to users based on their voice. The judges said the court "found that Amazon disclosed the relevant conduct in its privacy notice."Full story
The Supreme Court of British Columbia upheld a lower court's decision allowing residents to view the information federal political parties collect on them under the province's Personal Information Protection Act. The parties argued they are governed under a federal election law with different standards.Full story
IAPP Privacy Law and Policy Principal Researcher Müge Fazlioglu, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, constructed a compliance matrix providing a high-level overview of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act's key requirements. The matrix outlines various obligations imposed on operators working with high-risk AI systems, AI systems and general-purpose AI models. Full story
IAPP European Operations Coordinator Laura Pliauškaitė analyzed the role of a variety of stakeholders identified within the EU Artificial Intelligence Act. The map outlines stakeholders' structure and responsibilities during the act's implementation. Full story
The U.K. House of Lords will open the report stage of the proposed Data Protection and Digital Information Bill 10 June. During the report stage, any member of the House of Lords may offer additional amendments to the proposed legislation and reprinted with approved amendments prior to a third reading of the legislation by the same legislative body.Full story
The European Commission opened an investigation into Meta regarding alleged insufficient protections for minors online under the EU Digital Services Act. The Commission claimed compliance concerns related to age verification systems used by Instagram and Facebook, and their algorithms may stimulate addictive behavior among children, creating a so-called "rabbit hole" effect.Full story
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said the Department of Commerce plans to take action against Chinese-made connected vehicles due to privacy risks, Reuters reports. Raimondo said the vehicles' internal software knows "where the driver goes, what the driving patterns are, what you're saying in your car. It's a lot of data around U.S.