A draft copy of the EU's "International Digital Strategy for Europe," reviewed by Politico, concedes the bloc views ceasing its technology reliance on U.S. Big Tech companies as "unrealistic," despite escalating calls for EU tech sovereignty. The draft stated tech competition is "an economic and security imperative" while acknowledging the U.S.
Organizations looking to implement cloud-based services must assess the technology's potential data security risks to ensure systems are privacy protective.
The Wall Street Journal Senior Personal Technology Columnist Joanna Stern wore a bracelet that records conversations and uses AI to provide an overview of conversations, raising concerns about consent obligations and AI's collection of individuals' personal data. Stern said the technology can be helpful for remembering tasks. However, the "privacy trade-off doesn't seem worth it." Full story
A joint report by Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl found technology companies aimed to weaken EU AI Act compliance obligations by influencing the European Commission's Code of Practice on General-Purpose AI, Euronews reports.
In a company blog post, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith unveiled five new European digital commitments amid a "time of geopolitical volatility," while referencing trans-Atlantic trade disputes. The commitments include expanding Microsoft's cloud and AI infrastructure in Europe, protecting the privacy of EU data and defending the EU's cybersecurity.
Meta announced it is tightening the privacy notice for its Ray-Ban smart glasses to improve AI training capabilities, The Verge reports. The major changes are cameras will always be enabled with Meta AI unless the user disables the "Hey Meta" feature and users can no longer disable voice recordings.
Google's Threat Intelligence Group released a report detailing 75 zero-day security vulnerabilities it found in 2024, and hackers' potential focus into exploiting the vulnerabilities of enterprise-centered services.
Join the IAPP 8 May for a discussion on LinkedIn Live about the increasing global pressures to protect critical systems and sensitive data in the health care and life sciences fields.
In calling for a uniform data protection regime across Africa that mirrors the EU General Data Protection Regulation, Third Sector Experts Compliance Advisory and Data Privacy Caseworker Abisoye Akintolu writes the Malabo Convention still "lacks legally binding enforcement measures and clear accountability mechanisms." Akintolu opined the continent's "cultural and linguistic diversity" remains a significant challenge to developing an interoperable framework as businesses operating in different African jurisdictions "often face inconsistent regulatory requirements, leading to higher complian
The Cyberspace Administration of China announced a three-month enforcement program aimed to "clear and rectify the abuse of AI technology." The first phase of the initiative will address "source governance" and remedies for AI tools, including focuses on "lax management" of AI training and "security risks in key areas." The latter phase focuses on identifying unlawful AI content generation.Full story