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Euractiv reports members of European Parliament agreed to adopt the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's definition of artificial intelligence for the proposed AI Act. Language perceived to include machine-based systems in the definition was removed while a greater emphasis on international alignment and legal certainty were added. Definitions for significant risk as well as biometric authentication and identification were also finalized at a recent political meeting.

The first annual coordinated action under the European Data Protection Board's Coordinated Enforcement Framework, on the use of cloud-based services by the public sector, concluded in January. Starting mid-March, European data protection authorities will prioritize joint actions focusing on the position of data protection officers.

The Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union is making progress toward its final text for the proposed Data Act, Euractiv reports. The latest compromise text circulated to member states notably contained updates to provisions on the proposal's interplay with the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The updated language clarifies the Data Act can't be used as a legal basis for processing data under the GDPR.

A breach of DC Health Link could have exposed the personal data of "hundreds" of members of the U.S. House of Representatives and their staffs, according to a letter the House's Chief Administrative Officer Catherine Szpindor sent to representatives that was reviewed by Reuters. Szpindor said in her letter, "At this time, it does not appear that members of the House of Representatives were the specific targets of the attack." Letters sent by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Minority Leader Hakim Jefferies, D-N.Y., said members' families were also affected.