Somalia established a data protection authority 24 Feb., News Blaze reports. The Somali Data Protection Authority is charged with preventing data misuse and creating standards, and was launched nearly one year after the country's Data Protection Act was passed.Full story
The New York Times reports the White House will ask the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act through April 2025. While U.S.
New Zealand's Office of the Privacy Commissioner released a privacy impact assessment toolkit. The resource provides the six basic steps of conducting a PIA: Gathering all information, verifying the information against privacy principles, identify privacy risks, producing the PIA, take action, and reviewing and adjusting the PIA as necessary depending on the scope.Full story
Members of European Parliament secured provisions for the Digital Identity Wallet that will allow EU citizens to identify themselves online. MEPs agreed to "safeguard citizens' rights and foster an inclusive digital system by avoiding discrimination against people opting not to use the digital wallet."Full story
Meta will start collecting anonymized data from Quest virtual reality users, including data on users' body and eye movements, IT World Canada reports. The move raised privacy concerns due to the lack of an opt-out option "potentially cornering users into accepting these terms to continue using their Quest headsets."Full story
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission signed a memorandum of understanding. The MOU will "enable greater information sharing in areas such as technical developments, intelligence and the exploration of potential solutions to issues such as scam calls, caller ID spoofing and data privacy matters."Full story
U.S. President Joe Biden will issue an executive order directing the Department of Justice to craft regulations to prohibit data brokers from sending U.S. citizens' sensitive data to adversarial countries. IAPP Staff Writer Alex LaCasse reports on the order and speaks with technology industry stakeholders about its impact.Full story
U.K. Information Commissioner John Edwards delivered a keynote speech at the IAPP Data Protection Intensive: UK 2024 that highlighted some of the major themes his office will look to address in 2024. IAPP Editorial Director Jedidiah Bracy reports on the details of the ICO's priorities, which include children's privacy, third-party cookies and artificial intelligence.Full story
Members of European Parliament Paul Tang and Kim Van Sparrentak wrote to the European Commission seeking clarity on the legality of Meta's "pay or OK" subscription model.
The European Data Protection Board began its review of whether entities are following rights of access rules under the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Thirty-one data protection authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor will participate in the board's third coordinated enforcement action.Full story