EDPB to elect new chair, deputy 25 May
The European Data Protection Board will elect its new chair and deputy chair during a 25 May plenary meeting. Outgoing Chair Andrea Jelinek will also join the newly elected leaders during a press conference.
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Ireland's DPC refers TikTok investigation to EDPB
In the coming months, members of the European Data Protection Board will decide if TikTok violated the EU General Data Protection Regulation by allegedly mishandling children's data, Politico reports. The EDPB took on the investigation after Ireland's Data Protection Commission triggered a dispute resolution mechanism when it "failed to resolve objections raised by other European data protection authorities" while investigating TikTok.
The IAPP's top 5 most-read articles for the week of 15 May 2023
- IAPP Principal Researcher, Technology, Katharina Koerner, CIPP/US, discussed the emergence of fully homomorphic encryption and how it is shaping up to be a game-changer.
- IAPP Staff Writer Joe Duball offered his take on the U.S. state privacy legislative boom.
A view from DC: The FTC's take on biometric data
IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offers his take on the latest privacy developments in the nation's capital and around the U.S., including the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's policy statement that makes clear it will use its Section 5 unfairness authority to prosecute harmful or surprising processing of biometric information.Full Story
Ireland's DPC anticipated to issue record privacy fine against Meta
Politico reports Ireland's Data Protection Commission is anticipated to publish its ruling Monday on the legality of Meta's EU-U.S. data flows, including a record privacy fine. According to two sources with knowledge of the decision, the fine is likely to be more than the 746 million euro fine against Amazon in 2021.
Poll: Majority of cybersecurity experts favor reauthorization of FISA Section 702 'with changes'
According to a Washington Post poll, 64% of cybersecurity experts support renewing Section 702 of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act "with changes." Those in support of changing the legislation advocated for provisions such as requiring a warrant when data of U.S. citizens is queried, codifying FBI changes made to its surveillance practices to better uphold citizens’ civil liberties and the EU's reluctance to approve the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework without stronger privacy protections for its citizens from U.S. surveillance.
UK biometrics, surveillance commissioner raises concerns over DPDI provisions
U.K. Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Fraser Sampson raised concerns around a lack of provisions for certain biometrics and "non-data protection issues" related to public space surveillance within the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.
FTC bans ovulation tracking app from sharing health data for advertising
A proposed order by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission bans ovulation-tracking app Premom from sharing health data for advertising purposes. The FTC said Premom shared users' sensitive personal and health data without notifying consumers "of these unauthorized disclosures in violation of the Health Breach Notification Rule." The order also requires Premom to obtain user consent "before sharing health data for any other purpose" and to notify consumers of the use of their personal data.
Vendor's new LLM applies AI to data security, risk management
BigID's recently launched artificial intelligence-based language-learning model, BigAI, scans and categorizes organizations' data to improve classification, while optimizing data security and risk management. The product is BigID’s next progression in utilizing AI technologies to help companies better inventory disparate bits of collected data. IAPP Staff Writer Alex LaCasse explores BigID's new feature.Full Story