The Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union announced final approval of the Digital Services Act. Czech Minister for Industry and Trade Jozef Síkela touted the law as "the ‘gold standard’ for other regulators in the world" given how it sets "new standards for a safer and more accountab...

U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order for the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework to help stand up EU-U.S. data flows. Meanwhile, Israel's government issued a draft decision to grant independent status to Israel's Privacy Protection Authority that paves the way for the co...

TechCrunch reports U.K. Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Michelle Donelan announced intent to alter the current approach to U.K. General Data Protection Regulation reform in a way that will "focus on growth and common sense" while being "business and consumer-friendly." Donel...

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy published "Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights," which provides design, development and deployment guidelines for artificial intelligence technologies. Data privacy, algorithmic discrimination protections and user choice principles are among the...

Euractiv reports the European Commission unveiled agenda items that will be addressed at the December meeting of the EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council. The commission's presentation to the Council of the European Union's Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society outlined the EU'...