The new year is already shaping up to be a busy one for privacy and artificial intelligence professionals in the EU and the U.S. Expectations are high for a slew of crucial legislative developments that could reshape privacy operations while setting necessary rules and standards for AI technologies.
For companies buying and selling personal data, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is taking an increased interest in ensuring data sold in the data broker ecosystem is accurate, IAPP Westin Fellow Luke Fischer and American University Washington College of Law student Harrison Grant write.
A compiled database of 26 billion leaked data records discovered by Security Discovery and CyberNews emphasized the dangers of poor security measures, Davey Winder writes for Forbes.
CQ Roll Call reports on the struggle within U.S. Congress on whether to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act before it expires this spring. The law allows for the government to collect communications of foreigners outside the country, but sweeps up U.S. citizen data as well.
A report from the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommends the White House issue an executive order to create guidelines around facial recognition technology until more defined laws are developed.
The U.K. Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner's annual report was laid before U.K. Parliament. The report outlined the use of surveillance cameras by law enforcement, as well as the use of DNA samples.
Axios reports ransomware groups will find it difficult to carry out data breaches due to increased attention paid to cybersecurity by law enforcement around the world. Law enforcement is working to eliminate the number of computers infected by malware, leaving ransomware groups unable to latch on to weaknesses in the system.Full story
Australia imposed sanctions on a Russian citizen allegedly connected to the Medibank data breach that affected 9.7 million customers, Reuters reports. Authorities imposed cyber sanctions for the first time since enacting the cyber sanctions framework in 2021. The alleged hacker, Aleksandr Ermakov, could face fines and up to 10 years in jail. Full story
As the new year kicks off, legislative efforts to grapple with data protection, privacy and artificial intelligence are underway, or on the horizon, around the world. The IAPP gathered predictions from privacy professionals in 56 jurisdictions in its "Global Legislative Predictions 2024," aiming to help privacy pros see what may play out across the world from professionals on the ground.Full story
The European Data Protection Board's coordinated enforcement action on data protection officers sheds light on the peaks and valleys of DPO compliance under the EU General Data Protection Regulation. But how can companies, DPOs and enforcers leverage the EDPB's findings to improve?