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IAPP PSR 2024: NIST sees some nontechnical barriers to agencies' PETs adoption

As the White House executive order on AI approaches the one-year mark, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology said they have seen some educational and buy-in challenges for agencies to adopt privacy-enhancing technologies in their own workflows. The comments came as part of a discussion during the IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2024 conference on how PETs are being viewed as a way to address privacy risks associated with AI. IAPP Staff Writer Caitlin Andrews reports on the conversation.

IAPP PSR 2024: A window into US privacy enforcers' work

Federal and state-level privacy enforcers in the U.S. are increasing their workloads as privacy harms grow more prevalent and the means to combat those harms expand. A panel of enforcers pulled back the curtain for attendees at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2024 regarding their respective approaches to privacy enforcement, explaining their recent work and efforts to coordinate with one another. IAPP News Editor Joe Duball reports from Los Angeles.Full story

Key takeaways from FTC's report on exploitation of consumers' streaming, social media data

Join IAPP Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer Caitlin Fennessy, CIPP/US, for a LinkedIn Live 26 Sept. discussing a U.S. Federal Trade Commission report that found streaming services and social media companies have been exploiting and surveilling customers' personal data. Speaking with Fennessy will be FTC Associate Director in the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection Ben Wiseman to share key takeaways from the report.Full story

Alibaba, Nvidia to partner on AI-powered autonomous vehicle effort in China

Alibaba Cloud and semiconductor manufacturer Nvidia announced a partnership on an AI initiative in China to advance autonomous driving capabilities for smart vehicle owners, the South China Morning Post reports. The partnership involves integrating Alibaba Cloud's Qwen portfolio of large language models with Nvidia's Drive AGX Orin platform used in autonomous vehicles.

Concerns raised over data deletion company's plans to share user data with OpenAI

Data deletion company Optery announced it will share user data with OpenAI, raising concerns about the company's data collection and sharing practices, 404 Media reports. Optery CEO Lawrence Gentilello later said, due to consumer feedback, the practice will be opt-in only and will share customer's "screenshots and data necessary to process the screenshots."Full story

Telegram to share select user data with law enforcement

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced individuals who use the platform for illegal and harmful activity will have their information, including IP addresses and phone numbers, shared with law enforcement agencies, the Guardian reports. Durov said the platform used AI to limit search options to ensure bad actors don't "jeopardise the integrity of our platform for almost a billion users."Full story