Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, updated and released its list of ongoing probes into potential General Law for the Protection of Personal Data violations. The list publicizes company names, their industries, descriptions of alleged misconduct and statuses of cases in the sanctioning process. The ANPD will add further details on final decisions as cases conclude.Full Story
The European Commission's consumer protection office will launch a voluntary cookie pledge 28 March to address what European Commissioner for Justice and Consumers Didier Reynders called "cookie fatigue," Euractiv reports.
Denmark's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, announced the creation of a new portal to view data breach statistics.
In a GatesNotes blog post, Microsoft founder Bill Gates called developments in artificial intelligence revolutionary. "The development of AI is as fundamental as the creation of the microprocessor, the personal computer, the Internet, and the mobile phone," he said. "It will change the way people work, learn, travel, get health care, and communicate with each other. Entire industries will reorient around it.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda published a guide with best practices for organizations utilizing closed-circuit TV security cameras. The privacy commissioner compared Bermuda's CCTV requirements under the Personal Information Protection Act to similar regulations under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, U.K. General Data Protection Regulation, U.K. Data Protection Act and various U.S. federal laws governing the use of surveillance cameras.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce 23 March. Lawmakers pressed Chew on the social media platform's relationship with Chinese parent company Byte Dance, the security of U.S. users' data and mental health impacts on teenagers. During the hearing lawmakers were skeptical TikTok's "Project Texas," an effort to transfer all U.S.
The proposed EU Artificial Intelligence Act "must remain flexible" to be able to evolve with new developments in technology using a risk-based approach, Centre for Information Policy Leadership Director of Privacy Policy Natascha Gerlach, CIPP/E, writes.
Stakeholders across the U.S. government have a hand in privacy issues and policymaking. IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, created an infographic providing an overview of the many entities involved in setting policy and enforcing privacy rules across the three branches of the federal government.