Americans received a failing grade for general knowledge of data protections on applications, devices and online, The New York Times reports, citing a survey conducted by the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication. The survey of approximately 2,000 U.S. adults found, while cit...

The IAPP is tracking the latest developments around artificial intelligence in its Resource Center. The page contains articles, resources and white papers that cover the ethical considerations when AI is used, regulation to tackle the technology and where it intersects with privacy. It also highligh...

In this week’s Global News Roundup, the European Commission launched a new General Data Protection Regulation enforcement review plan. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights entered a settlement with a health care provider for a patient privacy rights violation. An...

In Emoi Services LLC v. Owners Insurance Company, the Ohio Supreme Court recently found software is an intangible item that cannot experience direct physical loss or damage and, therefore, the plaintiff’s inability to access or use its software during a ransomware attack was outside the scope of its...

As the data economy grows exponentially, so does the use of privacy-enhancing technologies that rely on artificial intelligence and machine learning to secure individuals’ data, IAPP Principal Researcher, Technology, Katharina Koerner, CIPP/US, and Research and Insight Analyst Brandon LaLonde write....