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Provisional measure gives Brazil's ANPD independency

The Chamber of Deputies of Brazil approved a provisional measure to give Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, special agency status and administrative autonomy. Federal Deputy Jerônimo Goergen said the measure helps strengthen Brazil's data protection regime and "make it compatible with other regulatory regimes and international experiences." Final approval by the Brazilian Senate must come before Oct.

Genesis electric SUV uses biometrics

The Hyundai Motor Company Genesis GV60 electric SUV is replacing traditional key fobs with facial recognition technology and a fingerprint reader to access and start the vehicle, Axios reports. The company says customers’ data is encrypted, stored only in the vehicle and can be deleted by drivers. The vehicle can store the biometric data of two drivers, as well as preferences like radio stations and seat position.Full Story

P.S.R. 2022: Digesting the national security, commercial implications of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework

It has been one week since U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order to shore up data transfer flows between the EU and U.S. IAPP Chief Knowledge Officer Caitlin Fennessy, CIPP/US, moderated a discussion at the IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2022 conference that explored the national security concerns and complications of the executive order as well as next steps. IAPP Staff Writer Alex LaCasse has the details.

Nearly 50 class actions filed over Meta Pixel’s video tracking

Consumers have filed nearly 50 proposed class-action lawsuits against dozens of companies since February claiming Meta Platforms' Pixel video tracking tool shared video consumption data without consent, Bloomberg Law reports. The suits allege companies that host videos — including news outlets and streaming services — are in violation of the federal Video Privacy Protection Act.

FTC's Slaughter hints ANPRM comment extension, unpacks privacy rulemaking goals

During an appearance at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2022, U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter hinted at an extension to the commission's public comment period for the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for commercial surveillance and lax data security. The original comment deadline was Oct. 21, but Slaughter not-so-subtly indicated "a short extension of a few weeks" was likely to be announced in the coming days.

Op-ed: California, UK should influence lawmakers in modernizing privacy laws

In an op-ed for The Globe and Mail, former U.K. Information Commissioner and international consultant for Baker McKenzie’s data and tech practice Elizabeth Denham said Canadian lawmakers should turn to regulations in the U.K. and California as they modernize privacy laws. The U.K.’s Age Appropriate Design Code inspired similar legislation in California, each establishing protections for children online. “Any future made-in-Canada regulations should codify children’s existing rights. Then, we must let tech companies do what they do best: innovate to the desired outcome,” Denham said.

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