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Podcast: The 2022 midterm election results and US privacy law

The midterm elections in the U.S. so far have provided surprising results. Though control of Congress is still up in the air, Democrats fared better than most expected. With some of the dust now settled, what do the 2022 midterm results mean for passage of the American Data Privacy and Protection Act? Will House and Senate committee assignments change? What do the results mean for the Federal Trade Commission? And how will the results affect state privacy legislation in 2023?

Argentina finalizes proposed data protection reform

Argentina's data protection authority, the Agency of Access to Public Information, announced finalization of its proposed reforms to Law No. 25,326 on the Protection of Personal Data. Following an extended public consultation featuring 173 submissions, the AAPI took up 80 articles in its final proposal and modified 43 based on public comments. The reform package was presented to Argentina's government for review before introduction to the National Congress of Argentina.

UK, US announce initial PETs contest winners

The U.K. and U.S. governments jointly announced initial winners in the U.S.-U.K. prize challenges on privacy-enhancing technologies. Twelve of 76 entries moved out of Phase I of the contest with their "state-of-the-art approaches to privacy-preserving federated learning." The remaining entrants will take part in Phase II of the competition, which tasks entrants with building their proposed technologies with government and regulator engagement.

CNIL recommends World Cup attendees use 'burner phones'

France’s data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, warned visitors to the upcoming World Cup in Qatar to use a "burner phone," Politico reports. Qatar developed two mobile tracking applications — a COVID-19 tracking app and the official mobile app of the World Cup — both of which researchers said contain spyware. A CNIL spokesperson recommended travelers use "a blank smartphone ...

Analysis: Digital yuan could lead to more government 'surveillance,' 'social control'

The implementation of China’s digital yuan, or e-CNY, “opens up new forms of government surveillance and social control,” Wired reports. U.K. Government Communications Headquarters Director Jeremy Fleming said e-CNY could be used to evade sanctions and monitor citizens by controlling how they make payments.

Twitter's top privacy, security personnel resign amid company changes

TechCrunch reports members of Twitter's privacy and security teams resigned from the company. Twitter Chief Information Security Officer Lea Kissner, Chief Privacy Officer Damien Kieran and Chief Compliance Officer Marianne Fogarty reportedly tendered their resignations Nov. 9 via company's internal messaging platform. Kissner also announced their departure via Twitter post Nov. 10. A U.S.

European Parliament approves NIS2 Directive

European Parliament approved the NIS2 Directive, a modernized framework based on the EU Network and Information Security Directive, on a 577-6 vote. Parliament said the directive brings new provisions and increased obligations concerning "incident response, supply chain security, encryption and vulnerability disclosure" for private and many public entities. "Ransomware and other cyber threats have preyed on Europe for far too long.

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