The Interactive Advertising Bureau announced a partnership with Safeguard Privacy to confirm advertisers' compliance with U.S. state privacy laws and regulate practices of vetting advertising technology suppliers, Digiday reports.
The landmark EU Artificial Intelligence Act was approved by 27 member states at a 2 Feb. meeting of the Council of the European Union's Committee of Permanent Representatives. IAPP Editorial Director Jedidiah Bracy and Staff Writer Caitlin Andrews break down the next steps for the law and how the vote was received.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong published a report promoting compliance with the Connecticut Data Privacy Act. The report provides an update on compliance measures and notices given since the act went into effect 1 July 2023. "We remain ready to do our part, encouraging and guiding compliance, but prepared to undertake enforcement when necessary," Tong said.Full story
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IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offers his take on the latest privacy and artificial intelligence governance developments in the nation's capital and around the U.S. This week he discusses private-sector privacy impact assessments and whether the rise of artificial intelligence will complicate transparency moving forward.Full story
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will require software provider Blackbaud to delete personal information it does not need as part of a data breach settlement. The company allegedly failed to put in place strong enough security measures to protect consumers' information from attack.
The Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union announced it adopted cross-border data flow rules into an economic partnership agreement with Japan. The protocols must be approved by Japan before it goes into effect.Full story
This week is yet again filled with activity around the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, following last week's leak of the final draft text. IAPP Managing Director, Europe, Isabelle Roccia, CIPP/E, discusses all the latest developments around the landmark proposal and what lies ahead on its path to finalization.Full story
A report from the Electronic Privacy Information Center and U.S. PIRG Education Fund gave most states' privacy laws a failing grade, charging that few have sufficiently strong protections. The report urged lawmakers to add provisions like data minimization requirements and strong online civil rights protections. Editor's note: The IAPP "U.S.
Being transparent with consumers and promising not to sell their customers' data to third parties is a way of building trust, MediaPost reports, citing a survey conducted by consumer research company Attest. Per the survey, approximately one-third of U.S. consumers will decline nonessential cookies if asked and 58% would opt out of mailing lists.