The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary questioned social media chief executives from Meta, X, Discord, Snap and TikTok about child safety, The New York Times reports. Meanwhile, The New York Times reported on NetChoice's lawsuits that aim to stop U.S.
The New Zealand Office of the Privacy Commissioner released a toolkit on how to create and evaluate privacy impact assessments. It includes instructions on how to do an assessment, a blueprint to create one and a risk and mitigation prevention template.Full story
U.S. President Joe Biden intends to veto Senate legislation that would overturn the Securities and Exchange Commission's cyber incident reporting rule, The Record reports.
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled new lawsuits claiming TikTok violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act are not covered by the company's 2022 settlement, Biometric Update reports.
Provisions contained in the Council of Europe's proposed Convention on Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law have weakened, Euractiv reports. Discussions on the international AI treaty have allegedly softened due to conflicting AI legislation, and the debate over whether private companies should be included.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office Executive Director for Regulatory Risk Stephen Almond reported the agency received an "overwhelmingly positive response" to its November 2023 warning to 53 of the U.K.'s top 100 websites to change their cookie mechanisms. Of the websites that received formal warnings, the ICO reported 38 changed their cookie banners, with four additional websites pledging to achieve compliance by the end of February.
The Netherlands' data protection authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, in cooperation with France's DPA, the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertes, issued a 10 million euro fine to Uber for allegedly failing to disclose its data retention period for European drivers' data, not reporting the
North Carolina Central University's School of Law launched its Technology Law and Policy Center in 2021 with classes, resources and more to prepare students for the evolving legal challenges of data privacy, cybersecurity and emerging technologies.
The Cisco 2024 Data Privacy Benchmark Study surveyed more than 2,600 security and privacy professionals from 12 jurisdictions regarding a range of privacy matters, including regulatory impacts and interplay with artificial intelligence. Cisco Systems Director Robert Waitman, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPT, unpacks the results of the study.Full story
Spain's data protection authority, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, put regulatory collaboration, its ability to investigate violations and a focus on protecting children's safety online in its global strategy on minors and privacy. The priority document includes 10 priority actions.Full story