European Parliament updated its implementation guide for the AI Act. According to European Parliament's timeline, several key documents need to be generated by the European Commission ahead of the full AI Act entering into full force by 2027, including practical implementation guidelines, codes of conduct for AI systems and the General Purpose AI Code of Practice.Full story
WhatsApp is backing Apple in its legal fight with the U.K. Home Office over demands to compel the company to compromise its encryption for national security purposes, the BBC reports. Head of WhatsApp Will Cathcart told the network the Home Office's request "could set a dangerous precedent" that governments can demand private companies break encryption. Editor's note: IAPP News Editor Joe Duball reported on a U.S.
France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, released guidance on protecting personal information collected from workplace surveys. The CNIL recommended employers implement anonymous surveys and allow questionnaires to "remain optional and employees or agents must be properly informed and their rights respected."Full story
Creel García-Cuellar Aiza y Enríquez lawyers Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada Desoche and Dafne Méndez, CIPP/E, offer a comparative analysis exploring constitutional changes to the legal nature of Mexico's competent data protection authorities. More specifically, they examine notable changes around legal remedies and challenges pertaining to alleged violations.
Several major U.S. airlines allegedly sold access to consumer flight data to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Wired reports.
Argentina's Agency of Access to Public Information released a report examining how different institutions access public information and use it to create public policies. The report found more than 80% of those surveyed use public information in forums and identified fragmentation of information and limited knowledge on requesting data were main challenges.Full story
Bloomberg reports on the fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order repealing digital identity efforts and oversight on software providers' cyber compliance rules. Some cybersecurity professionals warned the moves would make it harder for companies to combat stolen and fake identities used in fraud.Full story
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denied a lawsuit class-action status after consumers claimed Google allegedly collected personal information from Chrome browsers without consent, Reuters reports. Meanwhile, MediaPost reports a separate case before the U.S.
The U.K. Office of Communications said it is opening several investigations into alleged noncompliance with children's safety obligations under the Online Safety Act. The agency will open nine separate probes covering a range of claims, including child sexual abuse material on file-sharing services, insufficient measures to protect children from illegal content and noncompliant age verification.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance does not expect the proposed 10-year moratorium on state-level AI legislation to be included in Congress' final reconciliation bill text, Politico reports.