According to a whistleblower disclosure from a U.S. National Labor Relations Board employee made to Congress and other federal authorities, the Department of Government Efficiency was allegedly granted access to sensitive agency data, NPR reports. DOGE engineers reportedly extracted large quantities of labor-related data and asked that their activities not be logged in the NLRB's management system.
The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore modified its Cyber Trust certification to include more secure cloud adoption and management, better operational security and AI-driven applications and specific vulnerabilities. The mark is geared toward groups more focused on digital business operations.Full story
Croatia's Institute for Information Systems Security released a draft guide on how to implement cybersecurity self assessments. The guidance aims to "define the procedure and systematize the data necessary to determine the level of compliance of established measures." The public feedback deadline is 15 May.Full story
Slovenia's Maribor District Court upheld the Information Commissioner's decision stating educational institutions must comply with data protection by design and default standards.
The Wall Street Journal reports Google is facing a 5 billion GBP collective action lawsuit in the U.K. over alleged anticompetitive behavior. A competition lawyer argued the company allegedly used its dominance of the search engine field to overcharge for its services and forced those looking to do business with it to use Google products. Google denied the claims.Full story
A study by IFP found 60% of U.S. AI-related companies were founded by immigrants, after concerns U.S. immigration policies could impact AI startups' ability to secure international talent to increase development of AI technology, Axios reports. IFP Director of Immigration Policy Jeremy Neufeld claimed a "critical part of the historic story about U.S.
The U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology published a draft update to its Privacy Framework to assist organizations in integration alongside NIST's Cybersecurity Framework.
In an interview with CNN, Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman acknowledged, while there have been real-world harms through the increased use of AI, the "net-net" impact on society at-large has been positive.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner outlined plans to develop the Children's Online Privacy Code. The process will have three phases, including general consultation and research papers covering impacts to specific age groups.
More than two weeks after the European Commission's own deadline to issue potential Digital Markets Act penalties against Apple and Meta, the rulings are still pending, Politico reports. There has not been an official statement on when the DMA fines may be handed down, while speculation grows regarding the impact of EU-U.S. trade relations on the potential penalties.Full story