The leading Chinese financial data provider informed customers at the end of 2022 it would begin restricting access to "certain business and economic data" for offshore users, Reuters reports. The move by Wind Information came following a request by the Cyberspace Administration of China and the implementation of the agency’s new data rules that went into effect 1 Sept. 2022.Full Story
The California Privacy Protection Agency Board will hold its next public meeting 15 May. The meeting will include updates from CPPA Executive Director Ashkan Soltani while Deputy Director of Policy and Legislation Maureen Mahoney will provide a policy and legislation update. California Privacy Rights Act rulemaking discussion is also on the agenda as the board could move to initiate formal rulemaking activities on the next set of rules.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are revolutionizing the delivery of health care, DocPlix co-founder and CEO Dr. Varun Garg writes in Express Healthcare. Today, Garg said medical practitioners "are receiving real-time decision support from AI systems" to provide "individualised suggestions for diagnosis, treatment plans." AI and machine learning systems "can assess patient data, medical literature, treatment guidelines, and historical data" to increase the standard and precision of care, he said.
U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Ed Markey, D-Mass., reintroduced the Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act 2.0, which they said updates online privacy protections for children and teens for the 21st century. The bill prohibits internet companies from collecting personal data of users aged 13-16 without consent, bans targeted advertising to children and teens, covers platforms "reasonably likely to be used" by children, and establishes a "Digital Marketing Bill of Rights for Teens" as well as a Youth Marketing and Privacy Division at the U.S.
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled a data subject's right to obtain a copy of their personal data means they must be given "a faithful and intelligible reproduction" of all data.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced a virtual panel 11 May on cloud computing use in business practices. The agency said it will cover a host of cloud-computing topics, including data security and emerging technology issues.
Nonlegal compliance roles are not new to the privacy profession, unlike the broad applicability and enforcement of privacy laws. The tempo of legislation, both at the state level in the U.S. and internationally, only adds to the regulatory burden on small- and medium-sized businesses, leading to skyrocketing demand for consultants to provide guidance and support on regulator compliance. Enterprivacy Consulting Group Privacy Engineer R.