Ireland's Data Protection Commission fined TikTok for allegedly violating the EU General Data Protection Regulation after an investigation found the company allowed employees in China to have limited remote access to European users' data.
Developers and deployers of neurotechnologies should understand that the use case for a specific technology may run into multiple high-risk or prohibited uses under EU AI Act, Bird & Bird Associate Nora Santalu writes. Santalu describes the banned uses of AI-integrated neurotechnology, which are utilizing brain-computer interfaces as tools for subliminal techniques, emotion recognition systems and biometric categorization.
The rise of AI in privacy compliance technology has left the "market … flooded with privacy tools promising quick fixes, automated integrations, artificial intelligence-powered solutions and one-click compliance," BlueSky Privacy founder and CEO Teresa Troester-Falk, CIPP/US, writes in an op-ed. Troester-Falk argues that privacy compliance is not a technology problem, but an "ownership problem" and that AI now automates "what was never operationally clear to begin with.
Malaysia's Cross Border Personal Data Transfer Guidelines will have major implications for organizations and data controllers as it enlists new obligations for organizations while providing a secure framework for data transfers.
Google reached a settlement in its lawsuit over concerns its advertisement bidding practices sold consumers' personal data for advertising purposes, Bloomberg reports.
Google said the U.S. Department of Justice's proposals to remedy its anticompetitive search engine lawsuit would hurt consumers and the privacy of Americans through mandated data disclosures.
The U.S. Department of Justice said it seized two internet domains and charged international hackers with conspiracy and computer crimes after they allegedly sold access to infected routers, GovInfoSecurity reports.
The Financial Times reports on the launching of a product meant to cover companies' financial losses caused by a malfunctioning AI tool. The coverage would only kick in if the underwriting insurer determined the AI had performed inadequately and caused the loss.Full story
IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offers his take on the latest privacy and AI governance developments in the nation's capital and around the U.S. This week, he recaps highlights from the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation's recent AI hearing featuring Microsoft President Brad Smith and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.Full story
As chief privacy officer of the biggest city in the U.S. it's safe to say that Michael Fitzpatrick, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP, doesn't have your normal, run-of-the-mill job. As part of New York's Office of Technology and Innovation, the Office of Information Privacy provides guidance to more than 175 agency privacy officers across the city.