Advocacy organizations are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to update its broadband "nutrition labels" to include easy-to-read privacy practices, MediaPost reports. "Simplified privacy notices will empower consumers to make informed choices among providers," the Center for Democracy and Technology, Electronic Privacy Information Center, and Ranking Digital Rights said.
Signal President Meredith Whittaker said the messaging app would leave the U.K. if its online safety bill weakens end-to-end encryption, the Guardian reports. "We would absolutely 100% walk rather than ever undermine the trust that people place in us to provide a truly private means of communication," Whittaker said.
In this week’s Global News Roundup, the European Commission will push for legislation to align EU General Data Protection Regulation enforcement among member states’ data protection authorities. The Australian Attorney-General said the government will commit to reforming the Mandatory Data Retention Regime. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and several provincial data protection authorities launched an investigation into TikTok. And a pair of privacy bills were introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Cyberspace Administration of China published standard contractual clauses for transfers of personal data and their implementing regulations Feb. 24. The new SCCs, one of the three transfer mechanisms recognized under China's Personal Information Protection Law, take force June 1. Reed Smith Partner Barbara Li, CIPP/E, outlines the scope and requirements while providing key takeaways privacy professionals should mull moving forward.Full Story
Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, released regulations for application of administrative fines under the General Data Protection Law.
Financial privacy advocates are urging banks to cease using voice authentication for customers. A Vice reporter successfully hacked into his own Lloyds Bank account using a free artificial intelligence-generated recording of his voice.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate released the results of its 2022 Biometric Technology Rally, Nextgov reports.
The European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs announced a March 1 debate on a motion to finalize its nonbinding opinion on the proposed EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and the subsequent U.S. adequacy decision. European Data Protection Board Chair Andrea Jelinek is slated to present EU data protection authorities' opinion on the matter for parallel discussion among members of European Parliament.
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology recently released the Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework 1.0, a voluntary resource for organizations designing, developing, deploying or using AI systems to help manage risk and promote the responsible development of AI systems.
The European Data Protection Board adopted three sets of guidelines following public consultation. Updates to the EDPB's guidelines on the application of the EU General Data Protection Regulation's Article 3 and provisions on international transfers in Chapter 5 clarify a controller's responsibilities when the data exporter is a processor.