New Zealand's Office of the Privacy Commissioner issued the results of its annual privacy survey, which found 67% of respondents raised concerns over children's privacy and more than 80% of individuals said they wanted to have better control over the collection and use of their personal data.
Cryptocurrency company Coinbase announced a ransomware group breached consumers' personally identifiable information, TechCrunch reports. The hackers allegedly asked the company to pay USD20 million to recover consumer data, including addresses, phone numbers, banking information, and the last four digits of their Social Security numbers.Full story
Norway's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, released a report detailing its investigation into schools' privacy efforts and found many educational learning tools did not undergo assessments as 28 municipalities sought coordinated efforts to assess the tools.
The EU will be focused heavily on simplifying some technology rules while strengthening others, according to Michael McGrath, the Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection for the European Commission.
Patricia Kosseim was recently reappointed to a second five-year term as Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner. Her first term was marked by various initiatives supporting businesses and consumers alike, and the plan is to build on those successes in the next term.
EU privacy advocacy group NOYB sent a cease-and-desist letter to Meta demanding the company halt its plans to use European Facebook and Instagram users' personal data to train its AI models, Reuters reports. NOYB said it will also pursue an injunction against the company in the European Court of Justice.
Cybersecurity entrepreneur and investor Kevin Mandia predicts the world may see AI-agent-enabled cyberattacks in as early as one year's time, Axios reports. He said such attacks will likely be perpetrated by cybercriminals, as opposed to nation states. However, it may be difficult for investigators to determine if an AI system perpetrated the attack, Mandia said. Full story
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office opened a public consultation on the updates made to its draft guidance on encryption. The updated guidance includes sections on Internet of Things technology, compliance expectations and case studies to help organizations identify if their encryption is sufficient. The consultation closes 24 June.Full story
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology will begin its five-year review of its work under the Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act. As part of the review, the NIST will consider reviews to its IoT Device Cybersecurity Guidance for the Federal Government: Establishing IoT Device Security Requirements and IoT Device Cybersecurity Requirement Catalog.
France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, issued guidance for mobile app designers on protecting users' data and complying with the EU General Data Protection Regulation.