The U.S. Federal Trade Commission asked five companies to provide information on recent investments with generative artificial intelligence companies, a sign the agency is concerned about competition in the industry. The orders were sent to Alphabet, Amazon, Anthropic, Microsoft and OpenAI.
This week marked one of the final steps toward formal adoption of the Cyber Resilience Act. IAPP Managing Director, Europe, Isabelle Roccia, CIPP/E, outlines next steps and key obligations of the CRA. Once the act is formally adopted and published to the Official Journal of the European Union in coming weeks, manufacturers, importers and distributors of hardware and software products will have 36 months to comply.
Following the release of the full EU Artificial Intelligence Act text, IAPP AI Governance Center Managing Director Ashley Casovan will host a LinkedIn Live 29 Jan. exploring the proposed regulation's fine details after the political agreement struck last month.
Politico reports Snap is one of the first major social media platforms to support the U.S. Kids Online Safety Act, which could put pressure on others to shift their stances as well. The bill would require platforms to block harmful content from children's feeds and set a federal standard in an area where 23 states have passed legislation.Full story
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 imagines a world without the term "privacy" and how its meaning could still carry on and be disseminated around the world.Full story
South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission issued warnings to 15 businesses for noncompliance with the Personal Information Protection Act regarding closed-circuit television use. Full story
The Netherlands' data protection authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, said there needs to be better standards to protect privacy within the education field, particularly as it begins to adopt more use of artificial intelligence technologies. A review of practices found educators had taken steps to comply with privacy law but there is little regulation when it comes to AI software use.Full story
Andorra's Data Protection Agency updated its cookie usage, privacy notice and legal notice guidance. The changes include cookie storage, consumer consent and transparency with consumers. The APDA is working to aid compliance with the ePrivacy Directive.Full story
Amazon's Ring is ending its partnership with law enforcement that allowed police to request broad access to users' app footage via warrant, The Washington Post reports.Full story
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