Chile's Chamber of Deputies approved "the rules regarding the processing of personal data," which will now be taken up by the Senate. The rule would create the Agencia de Protección de Datos Personales to regulate the protection of personal data of Chilean citizens.
The IAPP Research and Insights team generated a timeline of key dates privacy professionals need to know and recall as it relates to the primary EU regulations and initiatives affecting privacy. With initiatives that remain unresolved, the timeline provides the positions of the EU institutions.
Members of European Parliament made final updates to the proposed Artificial Intelligence Act ahead of a parliamentary committee vote 11 May, Euractiv reports. The additional tweaks made subtle changes and clarified operationalization after MEPs reached a political agreement 28 April.
Members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee have participated in six data privacy hearings this year and will be considering updates to the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, which passed the committee last Congress. The proposed regulation would include protections for kids online, Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., said in a press release.
European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Chair Juan Fernando López Aguilar called for a full parliamentary vote 11 May on the nonbinding opinion regarding the proposed EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and subsequent adequacy decision. MEPs arrived at a draft opinion rejecting the new EU-U.S. data transfer mechanism 15 Feb. and have not altered their position.
As new, emerging technologies enter the marketplace, opportunities for innovation abound, including government uses to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of public services, New York City Chief Privacy Officer Michael Fitzpatrick, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP, writes.
Florida lawmakers passed Senate Bill 262, legislation that would give consumers access to information collected about them by companies and the right to have some data deleted, MediaPost reports. If signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., it would also require companies to allow consumers to opt out of targeted ads based on nonpseudonymous data, but does not require opt-outs for targeted ads based on pseudonymous data.
The EU proposed "chat controls" regulation that would require encrypted messaging services to screen accounts for child abuse content may not be lawful, according to leaked legal documents obtained by the Guardian. The documents contain "internal EU legal advice" circulated among member states' diplomats that "raises significant doubts about the lawfulness of the regulation unveiled by the European Commission" last year.