In this week's Global News Roundup, the European Data Protection Board published its binding decision in the case regarding legality of Meta's EU-U.S. data transfers brought by Ireland's Data Protection Commission. The European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs adopted its nonbinding rejection of the proposed EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. And in the U.S., Indiana is on the cusp of becoming the seventh state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation.
The Latest
Members of European Parliament plan to add provisions to the proposed Artificial Intelligence Act that will better address the generative AI boom.
The European Data Protection Board published its 2022 activity report.
The Montana House of Representatives voted 54-43 on final approval of a bill to ban TikTok across the state
Enforcement
The EDPB announced the finalization of its binding decision in the case regarding legality of Meta's EU-U.S. data transfers brought by Ireland's Data Protection Commission.
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, subpoenaed U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan seeking more information regarding the agency's investigation into the potential breach of Twitter's 2011 consent decree.
Asia-Pacific
Chairperson of South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission Haksoo Ko and European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders published a joint statement in support of their partnership on privacy and data flows.
South Korea’s Supreme Court ruled Google must disclose if it shared citizens' personal data with third parties.
Canada
Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland proposed in the 2023 national budget a lift on exempting federal political parties from federal privacy laws.
Europe
The European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs adopted its nonbinding rejection of the proposed EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.
European Parliament's position on the proposed Artificial Intelligence Act is stuck on prohibited uses of AI-powered technologies.
Austria’s Data Protection Authority ruled in favor of privacy advocacy group NOYB's complaints against multiple Austrian newspapers and cookie paywalls.
Spain’s data protection authority, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, called on the European Data Protection Board to formally review the EU General Data Protection Regulation compliance of OpenAI's ChatGPT.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office published its opinion on the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's proposal for regulating artificial intelligence technologies.
US
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights called on health care providers to bring telehealth practices into compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.
DHHS published a notice of proposed rulemaking to prohibit the use or disclosure of health data "to investigate, or prosecute patients, providers, and others involved in the provision of legal reproductive health care, including abortion care."
The U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing on the role of data brokers and online privacy protections 19 April.
U.S. state legislative proposals requiring parental access to children's social media raises surveillance concerns.
ICYMI
Bird & Bird's Ruth Boardman, Emma Drake, CIPP/E, and James Moss offered a comprehensive summary of proposed changes to a number of regulatory topics under the U.K. Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill, including data transfers, enforcement powers and automated decision-making.
Indiana is on the cusp of becoming the seventh U.S. state to pass a comprehensive privacy law. IAPP Staff Writer Joe Duball had the details on and reactions to SB 5's passage.
Washington is poised to pass legislation that would implement substantive changes to consumer health data protections in the state, and potentially beyond. IAPP Staff Writer Jennifer Bryant reported on the bill’s broad scope, with reaction from the privacy community on the bill's anticipated impact.
