The Office Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario is in the midst of its second annual IPC Transparency Challenge. Commissioner Patricia Kosseim is encouraging Ontario's public-sector organizations to submit their work on open data initiatives that improve government transparency. A number...

Hello from India. I headed back to India after attending the IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2024 in Washington, D.C., and I'm enjoying the lovely spring weather there — straight into what is being considered the hottest summer in Indian history. Talk about reality hitting you in the face. Along with th...

South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission published guidelines for creating a data processing policy. The guidelines seek to assist organizations in developing their own data processing policies to facilitate compliance with the Personal Information Protection Act.Full story...

The U.S. National Security Agency's disclosure report showed U.S. citizens appeared 31,000 times in the agency's foreign spy reports in 2023, The Wall Street Journal reports. The information was collected under the newly renewed Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows ...

Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, announced the authorization of the Security Incident Communication Regulation, which aims to strengthen cybersecurity practices and increase transparency. The RCIS requires organizations to report security incidents th...