The IAPP awarded 360 Privacy's Delete Program and EU Cloud Code of Conduct and SCOPE Europe, with its 2023 Privacy Innovation Awards. 360 Privacy's Delete Program, winner of the North American and Latin American region, removes personally identifiable information from open-web data brokers.
To prevent a global digital world in which countries enact tighter cross-border data flow restrictions, American University Washington College of Law's scholar-in-residence in the Technology, Law and Security Program Alex Joel, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, writes in Lawfare that establishing a trusted framework for the free flow of data is paramount for national security. Joel referred to the Data Free Flow with Trust initiative and the EU-U.S.
A recent judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union offered clarification for data subjects' right of access under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, Bird & Bird Associate Robbie Morrison writes. The case involved a data subject seeking his medical records from a German dental practice, which sought to charge the individual to produce the personal data out of fear he would sue for malpractice.
More than 20 civil liberties groups wrote U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., asking him to not expand the Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that is set to expire at the end of this year, Wired reports. The program allows the National Security Agency to surveil foreigners for several national security reasons but also captures American communications.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office announced it investigated data protection standards for tracing agents after seven organizations were involved in a data breach that affected victims of domestic violence.
A Moscow court fined Google RUB15 million for allegedly refusing to store Russian users' data on servers inside Russia, The Associated Press reports. The courts earlier fined Google on the same charges in August 2021 and June 2022.Full story
The Baden-Württemberg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information released a paper outlining its views on what legal protections for data privacy already exist when it comes to artificial intelligence systems. The German state DPA's paper is meant to give guidance while more focused AI legislation is being hammered out within the EU.Full story
The U.K.'s development of its Age-Appropriate Design Code can serve as a model for a jurisdiction, such as California, following a U.S. federal court issuing an injunction against enforcing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code, Information Accountability Foundation Chief Strategist Elizabeth Denham and Allen & Overy Special Advisor Steve Wood write. The authors said concerns the U.K. AADC could limit freedom of expression were overcome through significant stakeholder engagement.
Testifying before the U.S. Senate's most recent Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum, Public Knowledge President and CEO Chris Lewis said passing the American Data Privacy and Protection Act would be a solid foundation for developing AI legislation, according to his written remarks obtained by MediaPost.
Some financial, health care and telecommunications companies are considering legal action after the passage of India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, The Economic Times reports. The companies said the DPDPA's strict requirements around how personal data can be used and to delete that information if asked to do so will hurt their operations.