Norway's DPA, education association argue against children register bill
Norway's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, wrote a joint article about a government proposal for a national register of children and associated privacy challenges.
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GPS 2025: Former FTC commissioners discuss removals, future of US consumer protection
During the IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2025 in Washington, D.C., former U.S. Federal Trade Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter joined The Verge's "Decoder" podcast to discuss the current and future landscape of U.S. consumer protection, including privacy and antitrust issues.
25 leaders, 25 moments at 25 years: 50,000 members
As part of its 25th anniversary, the IAPP will celebrate 25 trailblazing innovators and 25 defining moments in the last quarter century that helped establish the privacy and digital governance profession. This week, we highlight the IAPP's 50,000-member milestone, which came after a 25% increase in membership fueled by the EU General Data Protection Regulation's implementation.Full story
Mirror, mirror: Navigating privacy and AI compliance with digital clones
Companies creating "digital clones" in the form of lifelike avatars, voice replicas or interactive chatbots face a variety of "novel challenges under laws — both new and old — relating to privacy, rights of publicity and (AI) transparency," Gunderson Dettmer's Data Privacy Group Senior Associate Frida Alim, CIPP/US, writes.
Singapore debuts multinational AI safety blueprint
Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority published a shared vision of AI safety generated by Singapore Conference AI attendees. The initiative featured 100 contributors from 11 countries, including China, the U.S. and Europe. The document focuses on technical issues and "making AI more trustworthy rather than merely more powerful" while excluding policy debates.Full story
Hong Kong's PCPD conducts compliance sweep on organizations using AI
Hong Kong's Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data announced the results of compliance checks on 60 local organizations using AI in various sectors. It found 48 organizations use AI in their daily operations. Of those 48 organizations, 54% use three or more AI systems.
Instagram to use AI to verify users age
Instagram will use AI as an age-verification tool, changing accounts determined to belong to underage users to its teen accounts feature that limits underage users' access to sensitive or explicit content, The Associated Press reports.
US CISA issues guidance for entities operating critical infrastructure systems
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency published guidance for preventing cyberattacks on entities' operational technology and industrial control systems in critical infrastructure. Mitigation measures include removing operational tech connections to the public internet, changing default passwords and establishing secure remote access to operational tech networks.Full story
Apple to appeal EU DMA fine
Politico reports Apple will appeal the 500 million euro fine for alleged violations of the EU Digital Markets Act, arguing the European Commission did not work with the company to find a compliant solution ahead of making a decision. The Commission said it is up to developers to comply with the law.Full story
PowerSchool admits to paying ransom in student data leak incident
Axios reports the education technology company PowerSchool admitted to paying a ransom to hackers after the personal information of several school districts' students was stolen. The move was meant to prevent a data leak, according to the company, but cybersecurity professionals warn paying money to hackers emboldens future attempts.Full story