Axios reports solutions provider Virtue AI raised USD30 million with a focus on developing more AI safety and security tools. The platform offers red teaming, a set of guardrails to prevent violation of internal policies or laws and specific guardrails for agentic products.Full story
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers used their privacy metric, the PAC Privacy framework, to create a guide aiming to protect AI training data while promoting efficient AI algorithms. MIT Senior Author Srini Devadas said researchers "want to explore how algorithms could be co-designed with PAC Privacy, so the algorithm is more stable, secure, and robust from the beginning."Full story
Norway's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, noted Meta will start training its AI on photos from EU Facebook and Instagram users at the end of May. The Datatilsynet detailed what kinds of information could be used in the training and said it has asked Meta questions about the compatibility of the training with the original purpose of the collected information.Full story
U.S. lawsuits against The Trade Desk claimed the advertising company violated consumer privacy regulations after it allegedly collected consumer information for advertising purposes without consent, AdWeek reports. Plaintiffs claimed The Trade Desk's Unified ID 2.0 tracking technology "has been secretly harvesting and monetizing directly identifiable user data from millions of U.S. residents without their knowledge." Editor's note: The IAPP Research and Insights team explored growing trends in U.S.
China claimed the U.S. National Security Agency launched cyberattacks that targeted critical infrastructure, affecting various government industries during the Asian Winter Games, Reuters reports. The alleged data security incident targeted Asian Winter Games athletes' personal data and breached confidential information.Full story
Time magazine reports on the implications of Webcamgate, a 2010 lawsuit against Philadelphia-based school district concerning claims it unlawfully surveilled students from school-issued devices. With an increase in schools providing students with technology for educational purposes, the docuseries about WebcamGate, "Spy High," claimed 88% of U.S. schools use monitoring services to track students.Full story
Bloomberg Law reports on the proliferation of privacy and surveillance issues stemming from connected vehicles and license plate readers. Privacy advocates are particularly alarmed by transparency around the use of in-car and on-road surveillance practices by law enforcement. Full story
Join the IAPP for a LinkedIn Live 16 April exploring the challenges with governing AI's application in the health care sector. IAPP AI Governance Center Managing Director Ashley Casovan will speak with Crosley Law Managing Partner Stan Crosley, CIPP/US, CIPM, to discuss AI governance strategies in health care and the IAPP's development of an instructional workshop on the topic.Full story
The European Data Protection Board voted to work in coordination with the European AI Office for the purposes of drafting guidelines on how the EU General Data Protection Regulation and AI Act interact during its most recent plenary meeting. Additionally, the EDPB adopted guidelines on how personal data can be processed through blockchain technologies.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta appealed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California blocking enforcement of the Age-Appropriate Design Code Act. California Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Calif., said Bonta's decision to appeal the ruling "sends a clear message: we won't let tech giants put profits over the safety of our children."Full story