Amid the largest war waged in Europe since World War II, Ukrainian nongovernmental organization Privacy Hub took the initiative to help grow the nation's privacy awareness and culture, launching a "Privacy Academy" in the fall of 2022. Organizers recruited nearly 40 leading academics from across Ukraine for a privacy-intensive seminar, which led to the establishment of university courses to educate the next generation of Ukrainian privacy professionals.
Australia's Right to Know coalition — made up of leading media outlets and organizations — opposes privacy law reform, saying it would have a "devastating impact on press freedom and journalism," the Guardian reports. The proposed reform includes a right to sue for serious privacy invasions and would require media companies to comply with requirements around securing and destroying private information.
A leading international digital exchange platform exposed 600,000 "customer support attachments" that were leaked out of a nonpassword-protected database, InfoSecurity Magazine reports.
Bermuda Privacy Commissioner Alexander White, CIPP/A, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP, said citizens should be mindful that ensuring their privacy helps manage stress, The Royal Gazette reports. White's remarks coincided with April being "National Stress Awareness Month" in Bermuda, which has been observed since 1992.
In the 18 months since the U.K. Children's Code came into force, its influence has been felt not only among organizations working to adapt services in the U.K., but globally, and age-appropriate standards are at its foundation. IAPP Staff Writer Jennifer Bryant explores what Yoti Director of Regulatory and Policy Julie Dawson called a "growing ecosystem" around age-verification methods, ways organizations assess the age of children on their services, and what regulators and advocates in the U.K.
Privacy regulators around the world are growing increasingly curious and skeptical about the use of generative artificial intelligence. But from the keynote stage at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2023, U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya said he is not among those worried about a lack of regulation to address any privacy issues. IAPP Staff Writer Joe Duball reports Bedoya told privacy professionals existing sectoral U.S.
The European Data Protection Board sent a letter to EU institutions on proposed regulations regarding data sharing for purposes of anti-money laundering and countering the finance of terrorism.
InfoSecurity Magazine reports on reactions to the U.K.'s proposed Data Protection and Digital Information Bill.
Following a lawsuit filed by the Federation of German Consumer Organisations, Tesla will warn of the data privacy risks posed by its vehicle security cameras in Germany, Reuters reports.