ANPD publishes ROPA template for SMEs
Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, published a template for small- and medium-sized businesses to track records of personal data processing activities.
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State attorneys general call for federal AI regulation
Twenty-three U.S. state attorneys general, including California Attorney General Rob Bonta, wrote the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration urging action on artificial intelligence policies. The attorneys general proposed the NTIA consider "independent standards for AI transparency, testing, assessments, and audits" while allowing states "concurrent enforcement authority" in a federal AI regulatory regime.
NZ privacy commissioner talks privacy protections amid AI adoption
New Zealand Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster said regulators can work together to hold organizations accountable on artificial intelligence within existing legal requirements, Reseller News reports.
The IAPP's top 5 most-read articles for the week of 12 June 2023
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To protect consumer privacy, companies should shift to 'privacy-by-engineering'
To better protect customers' privacy, companies should adopt a privacy-by-engineering mindset in their products' system development life cycle, VentureBeat reports.
Ontario hospital reaches $988K settlement over data breach
Ontario-based Peterborough Regional Health Centre reached a proposed class-action lawsuit settlement over a 2011-12 data breach for CAD988,550, Global News reports. At the time, seven former hospital employees reportedly accessed personal data of approximately 280 patients, including abortion records.
AI governance policy in the US
As artificial intelligence is adopted around the world, the technology raises as many questions as it answers. Chief among them: How should AI be governed? Within the context of global developments in AI law and policymaking, IAPP Principal Researcher, Privacy Law and Policy, Müge Fazlioglu, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, explores the AI governance policy taking shape in the U.S. Full story
FCC rolls out privacy task force
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced the formation of its Privacy and Data Protection Task Force. The new group will focus on approaches to data breaches and data security vulnerabilities while contributing to potential privacy rulemaking, enforcement and public awareness efforts.
Op-ed: Protecting children online is not censorship
Though the digital revolution has brought amazing innovations, there has been a down side. In one example, children and young people now face cyber abuse and addictive technology, which has led to a rise in mental health issues. To help, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators recently introduced the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act, but some detractors say such a law would lead to censorship.