OPC issues youth privacy bulletin
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada issued a Privacy Act Bulletin on youth privacy lessons and best practices for federal public-sector entities.
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Denmark's DPA releases privacy safeguard catalog
Denmark's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, published a catalog of data security measures to provide solutions to common security risks organizations face. The catalog includes examples from the Datatilsynet's "experience from inspections, reported breaches of personal data security," along with prior European Data Protection Board guidelines.
Canadian lawmakers discuss social media privacy standards
The House of Commons of Canada's Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics convened a hearing on social media privacy practices, IT Business Canada reports. The committee explored issues around potential data harvesting by social media companies while noting platforms should be transparent with data researchers.Full story
Accenture swaps passwords for PIN, biometric logins
Consulting firm Accenture removed passwords for employees, instead opting for PIN and biometric-based logins, Axios reports. Accenture started password-free logins in 2020 with the aim of limiting cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The shift has drawn more than 600,000 employees to abandon passwords. Full story
Privacy developments from California's 2022-2023 legislative session
During California's busiest legislative session since 2007, Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., signed nine privacy-related pieces of legislation into law, including the Delete Act and a Confidentiality of Medical Information Act amendment to increase protections for reproductive health data.
OPC highlights quantum computing, encryption
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada published a blog on the future of data protection using encryption with quantum computing development. The OPC emphasized the importance of protecting sensitive data using encryption methods, while noting post-quantum cryptography methods could protect data and prove difficult for quantum computers to solve.Full story
Google to block third-party cookies in 2024
As part of a 2022 plan made with the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, Google will depreciate third-party cookies from its Chrome browser starting in January 2024, MediaPost reports. The move is meant to protect consumer privacy by reducing cross-site tracking. There will be workarounds for other browsers while the transition takes place.Full story
Meta loses court appeal to remove FTC from privacy dispute
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied Meta's request to have the court take over its privacy dispute with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Reuters reports. The court ruled the FTC can limit how much money Meta makes off advertising to users under 18 as part of a settlement over children's online privacy.Full story
European Parliament committees vote to approve European Health Data Space
Two European Parliament committees adopted a common position on the European Health Data Space. The law aims to provide patients with a right of access to their personal health data across all member states' respective health care systems, with each state creating a national health data access service. A full Parliament vote is expected in December.Full story
Meta faces NOYB privacy complaint over ad-free plan
Privacy rights group NYOB brought a complaint against Meta to Austria's Data Protection Authority, alleging its ad-free subscription model forces people to pay a fee for privacy, Reuters reports. Meta defended the model for EU Facebook and Instagram users, noting its compliance with EU rules and similar cost to other platform subscriptions.