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US CFPB director discusses executive order barring transfers to adversarial countries

Delivering remarks at the Aspen Institute on Abuse and Misuse of Personal Data, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra discussed the White House's executive order banning the transfer of sensitive U.S. data to adversarial countries. Per the order, Chopra said the CFBP is developing a rule to give consumers more control over their personal data, and will apply more scrutiny to data brokers under the U.S.

New Zealand privacy commissioner releases guidance on data anonymization

New Zealand's Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster published guidance on data anonymization and the use of deidentification tools. The guidance states that organizations that anonymize data must ensure data subjects' privacy is protected by performing a privacy impact assessment and removing information that could re-identify anonymized data.Full story