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EU lawmakers next week will discuss areas of compromise on the proposed Cyber Resilience Act, Euractiv reports. Main points of discussion around the proposal regulating cybersecurity of connected products include manufacturers' obligations, reporting, compliance and enforcement. The proposal's scope has been expanded to include products with digital elements that can directly or indirectly connect to a device or network.

In this week's Global News Roundup, the European Data Protection Board will elect a new chair and deputy chair in its upcoming plenary meeting. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission adopted a policy statement regarding deceptive practices related to biometric information collection. Taiwan's legislature updated penalties for mishandling of personal information. And the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada will appeal the federal court's rejection of its 2019 decision against Meta.

Cybercriminals are using artificial intelligence to target elderly U.S. citizens, CBS reports. The network cited an FBI report that found citizens lost more than USD10 billion in 2022 through online scams. Often, seniors fail to report scams out of embarrassment and local authorities do not have the “reach” to pursue scammers operating outside the U.S.

Before she could imagine privacy as a career, field or legal practice, Lynn Parker Dupree, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, was a teenager who "intrinsically" knew her personal information was important. When she started in the field as special assistant to the chief privacy officer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in 2009, it was an "immediate fit" that launched a career across the U.S. government and private sector — including a return to the DHS as the chief privacy officer.