The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has funds to continue operating until 20 Oct. if the U.S. government fails to avoid a shutdown by 30 Sept., Bloomberg reports. After that, the agency would furlough staff, pause active litigation and its work could slow, including rulemaking on commercial surveillan...

The U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board will discuss 28 Sept. the release of its "2023 Report on the Surveillance Program Operated Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act." The PCLOB said its report includes "a history of the program, an extensive review and...

Kenya's Office of the Data Privacy Commissioner announced three penalties totaling KES9,375,000 for alleged violations of the Data Protection Act. Each penalty concerns claims of nonconsensual uses of personal data. The largest fine was KES4,550,000 to Roma School for posting pictures of minors with...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission extended its deadline to consider the Entertainment Software Rating Board's application to use "Privacy-Protective Facial Age Estimation" technology. The commission extended its original 2 Oct. deadline by 120 days after receiving more than 350 comments. ESRB, Yoti ...

Hong Kong's Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data published data security recommendations following a string of hacks and subsequent personal data leaks. The PCPD reminded organizations to "regularly conduct data security risk assessments, and put in place adequate and effective secur...