Spain's data protection authority, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, wrote a blog post discussing how synthetic data could replace personal data in artificial intelligence model training. Synthetic data could represent a stand-in for when large amounts of personal data are needed but not available or easily collectable.Full story
New Zealand Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster published the 2023 annual report. The agency continued to work on policy development, compliance and resolution for increased issues during technology development. The number of complaints to the commissioner's office increased significantly, nearly doubling from 2022's 486 complaints.
Researchers at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy discovered data brokers are selling U.S. service members' sensitive personal information, The Record reports. The findings were detailed in a report highlighting how the practice poses a risk to U.S. national security. Researchers discovered they were able to cheaply purchase bulk amounts of information.Full story
The International Information System Security Certification Consortium's annual workforce study indicated the cybersecurity industry needs to double in size to properly protect the digital world, Fortune reports.
A new venture capital firm focused on privacy and human rights in the digital sphere has raised USD33 million, Forbes reports. The firm, ex/ante, has made investments into cybersecurity and artificial intelligence companies such as Reality Defender and Lockr.Full story
U.S. state-level artificial intelligence legislation will see a lot of attention next year as lawmakers are likely to tackle deepfakes, discrimination and more, according to state Sen. James Maroney, D-Conn. IAPP Staff Writer Caitlin Andrews digs into the lawmaker's comments on what states have in mind for 2024 during the inaugural IAPP AI Governance Global.
To break down the latest developments in children's privacy in the EU, U.K. and U.S., IAPP Research and Insights Director Joe Jones recently hosted a LinkedIn Live with Baker McKenzie's Elizabeth Denham, Lothar Determann and Jonathan Tam, CIPP/C, CIPP/US. Participants took time to parse through comments and answered some of the most pressing questions posed by listeners.Full story
Members of the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence tasked with building consensus on renewing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act's Section 702, are considering passing a short-term extension of the law before it sunsets at the end of 2023, The Hill reports.
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., including a comprehensive unpacking of U.S. President Joe Biden's AI executive order and its impacts on the public and private sectors.Full story
A view from Brussels: 'Funambulism' in privacy, AI governance
Outside observers are calling the U.K. AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park a success, Politico reports. Despite initial skepticism the U.K.