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Unpacking FISA Section 702 reauthorization
After a contentious debate in U.S. Congress over renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act over the last several months, the law was ultimately reauthorized 20 April. Internet Law & Policy Foundry Fellow Anokhy Desai, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP, and IAPP Man...
A view from DC: Maryland's data minimization ups the ante
IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offers his take on the latest privacy and artificial intelligence governance developments in the nation's capital and around the U.S. This week, he outlines how the data minimization requirements in Maryland's recently pa...
The aftermath of UnitedHealth Group's large-scale data breach
The Wall Street Journal detailed the complex process health care insurance provider UnitedHealth Group will have to undergo to restore its systems after an extensive data breach at Change Healthcare. Due to the amount of sensitive data stolen during the cyberattack, it could take UnitedHealth months...
A view from Brussels: To be sovereign, or not to be
From another delay to the European Agency for Cybersecurity's European Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services, to the European Data Protection Board's strategy for 2024-2027, Parliament's adoption of the European Health Data Space, and ramped up enforcement of the Digital Services Act...
Advocacy group seeks investigation into pregnancy centers' privacy practices
Civil rights advocacy group Campaign for Accountability sent letters to five U.S. state attorneys general seeking an investigation into crisis pregnancy centers' collection of sensitive medical information, NBC News reports. The group claimed reproductive health centers are gathering personal medica...
ByteDance prefers US TikTok ban over divesture
TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, would rather face a full shutdown in the U.S. than divest itself of the app and sell its algorithm once all reasonable legal options are exhausted, Reuters reports. The report comes after U.S. President Joe Biden signed omnibus foreign aid package containing provi...
The top 5 most-read articles for the week of 22 April 2024
We know there's a lot of news to sift through these days. To help, we have gathered the top headlines of the week for you.
FISA Section 702 renewal bill clears procedural vote in US Senate
Biden signs bill reauthorizing FISA Section 702
How the proposed APRA could impact AI
Google to delay Pri...
ANPD unveils efforts to streamline DSAR process
Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, and the Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services Management and Innovation Secretariat presented a process for streamlining data subject access requests. The improvements include simplifying complaint f...
Ransomware most prevalent in firm's annual security incident report
BakerHostetler's 2024 Data Security Incident Response Report detailed the 1,150 data security incidents it oversaw in 2023. The law firm found ransomware was used in 72% of data breaches with an average ransomware payment of USD747,651. Meanwhile, hackers are targeting Cisco firewalls to gain access...
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