LinkedIn Vice President and Head of Global Privacy Kalinda Raina, CIPP/US, reflected on Data Privacy Day 2024, discussing how the privacy profession has grown over the years and the expectation it will continue to grow as artificial intelligence proliferates.Full story
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology is set to begin updating the latest version of its Privacy Framework and will create a joint Data Governance Profile among its frameworks. The NIST seeks public input on what the resources should look like.Full story
The White House Office of Management and Budget is asking U.S. agencies to provide information on how artificial intelligence is considered when putting together privacy impact statements, FedScoop reports. They are also asked to give feedback on how to improve risk mitigation on those topics. The request is part of the White House's executive order on AI requirements.Full story
The European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiórowski said extending a regulation that allows certain communication services to scan data for possible child sexual abuse material would infringe on the public's privacy rights.
The discovery of a TikTok tracking feature on one of New Zealand's biggest banking websites has other retailers watching an investigation of the social media platform closely, the New Zealand Herald reports.
Denmark's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, updated its strategy for data and risk-based work with initiatives focused on "strengthening the authority's data quality, data sources, data use and documentation." The updated work includes a targeted control strategy for advancement in supervisory cases. Full story
Apple will make changes to its operating system and app store to comply with the EU Digital Markets Act, The Wall Street Journal reports. Apple will make changes by the DMA's March compliance deadline, including app store updates focused on alternative payment methods and app notarization.Full story
The California Privacy Protection Agency is hiring for its Honors Privacy Fellow position. Candidates must apply before the 1 March deadline for the graduate legal fellowship that focuses on privacy law and policy.Full story
The U.S. National Security Agency sometimes buys potentially sensitive internet logs from data brokers to gain insight into domestic activities, The New York Times reports. The practice, seemingly used to circumvent a court order, was criticized in a letter to the agency by U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., saying it supported an industry which undermines a person's right to privacy.Full story
Data protection authorities from Netherlands, Norway and the state of Hamburg, Germany, are requesting the European Data Protection Board to take a formal position on the so-called "pay or OK" targeted advertising model. Under Meta's new structure, EU users would either have to allow targeted advertising or pay to opt-out.