U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents used administrative subpoenas to obtain data from elementary schools, news organizations and abortion clinics, Wired reports. An ICE subpoena tracking database showed agents issued the custom summons known as 1509, meant for use in criminal investigations into customs violations, over 170,000 times from early 2016 to mid-August 2022 seeking records seemingly outside of that scope.
The European Consumer Organisation called on EU and national authorities to investigate ChatGPT and similar generative artificial intelligence chatbots, raising concerns the unregulated technology puts unprepared consumers at risk. While work is underway on the EU's AI Act, the BEUC said "there are serious concerns growing" now.
The IAPP announced its 2023 privacy award winners at the Global Privacy Summit 2023. Jules Polonetsky, CIPP/US, received the IAPP Leadership Award, the Diversity in Privacy Award was presented to Stephen Reynolds, CIPP/US, while Peggy Eisenhauer, CIPP/US, received the Global Vanguard Award — North America, and Marcos Semola, CIPM, was presented with the Global Vanguard Award — Latin America.
Organizations are considering biometric technologies and subsequent personal data collection more than ever before. In Illinois, those that follow through with adoption without privacy in mind may face the Biometric Information Privacy Act and its private right of action. Potential litigation under the BIPA is likely to grow following two decisions from the Supreme Court of Illinois.
In this week’s Global News Roundup, the European Data Protection Board will continue its debate on the Ireland Data Protection Commission’s Meta data transfers case. France ratified Council of Europe Convention 108+. Australian Information Commissioner Angelene Falk outlined her hopes for Privacy Act reforms.
Politico reports the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is anticipated to pursue a children's privacy lawsuit against Amazon over use of data by its Alexa voice assistant. While details of the case are unknown, sources said the FTC is expected to refer a complaint to the Department of Justice's Consumer Protection Branch, which will then have 45 days to bring a case forward.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office Executive Director, Regulatory Risk, Stephen Almond published guidance for organizations developing or using generative artificial intelligence. Almond, who outlined eight areas the ICO will focus on, said data protection obligations should be considered "from the outset, taking a data protection by design and by default approach." Almond said, "There really can be no excuse for getting the privacy implications of generative AI wrong.
The U.K. and U.S. governments announced the winners of the U.K.-U.S.
Digiday reports a ban on TikTok would not address data privacy issues in the U.S., but highlights the lack of comprehensive federal data privacy protections.