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Australian officials commit to Privacy Act 'overhaul'
A view from DC: Reading through the lines of FCC's privacy work
IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offers his take on the latest privacy and artificial intelligence governance developments in the nation's capital and around the U.S. This week, he analyzes the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's privacy authority a...
Analyzing major FTC enforcement trends since 2018
The IAPP Research and Insights Team analyzed the major data privacy and cybersecurity enforcement actions taken by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission since 2018. In that time period, the FTC issued 67 orders in eight main categories. IAPP Westin Research Fellow Andrew Folks, CIPP/US, and WilmerHale A...
Inside EU AI Act negotiations: A discussion with Laura Caroli
The road to a final EU Artificial Intelligence Act agreement took many twists and turns, some unexpected. For Laura Caroli, this complicated road has been a lived experience while acting as lead technical negotiator and policy advisor to AI Act co-rapporteur and member of European Parliament Brando ...
Initial challenges with Nigeria Data Protection Act compliance
The lack of clarity of what constituted a data controller or processor of "major importance" under Nigeria's Data Protection Act led to a complicated introduction to compliance when its regulations entered into force. Alliance Law Firm Lawyer Anastasia Edward and The Center for AI and Digital Policy...
Netherlands' DPA releases facial recognition guidance
The Netherlands' data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, released a report answering questions on facial recognition programs. The AP said the technology can be used if it is "necessary for authentication or security purposes," otherwise the use of biometric data should be limited an...
Kochava and FTC to potentially settle privacy lawsuit
Data broker Kochava and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission requested an extension on pretrial paperwork to "facilitate settlement talks" during its ongoing privacy lawsuit, MediaPost reports. The FTC filed the complaint after alleging Kochava sold sensitive geolocation data without consumers' consent...
The IAPP's top 5 most-read articles for the week of 29 April 2024
We know there's a lot of news to sift through these days. To help, we have gathered the top headlines of the week for you.
GDPR complaint filed over alleged AI chatbot 'hallucination'
A regulatory roadmap to AI and privacy
Netherlands' DPA issues guidance against web scraping
FCC fines wirele...
US privacy regulators raise concerns over connected vehicles
Several U.S. regulators have raised concerns over the potential privacy implications of vehicles' internal systems that could "seriously threaten Americans' privacy" by disclosing personal information about drivers, The New York Times reports. Technology reporter Kashmir Hill detailed regulators' in...
Overview of global AI governance law and policy — Part 3: US
The IAPP Research and Insights team and OneTrust analyzed the laws, policies and broader contextual history relevant to artificial intelligence governance in certain jurisdictions. The third analysis in the five-part series outlines the U.S.'s keys to governing the strategic, technological and compl...
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