Notes from the IAPP Canada Managing Director, 15 March 2024

(Mar 15, 2024) Technology companies like Uber and Airbnb have, to say it mildly, really transformed our day-to-day world. They capitalized on innovative technologies and ma... Read More

European Parliament passes landmark AI Act

(Mar 13, 2024) The EU Artificial Intelligence Act was approved by European Parliament 13 March on a 523-46 vote. Despite the passage, the EU's ne... Read More

Hearing set for Grindr's Norway fine appeal

(Mar 12, 2024) The Oslo District Court will hear dating app Grindr's appeal of a NOK65 million fine imposed by Norway's data protection authority, Datatilsynet. Norway's Pe... Read More

ICO says Home Office migrant monitoring flouts privacy conventions

(Mar 1, 2024) The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office issued an enforcement notice to the Home Office over its use of GPS ankle tags on migrants. The agency found the H... Read More

Open Rights Group files complaints about data broker to CNIL, ICO

(Mar 1, 2024) Digital rights advocate Open Rights Group submitted complaints to France's data protection authority, the Commission Nationale de l’informatique et des liber... Read More

US senator asks FTC, SEC to investigate location data broker

(Feb 14, 2024) In a letter to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Wash., alleges a data broker tracked indi... Read More

A view from DC: FTC v. Kochava — License to litigate

(Feb 9, 2024) The story of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and data broker Kochava continues to unfold before our eyes. When last we left our intrepid privacy en... Read More

Federal judge rules FTC's lawsuit against data broker can proceed

(Feb 6, 2024) The U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho ruled the U.S. Federal Trade Commission can continue with its lawsuit against mobile data broker Kochava, w... Read More

Network advertising group working on location data handling recommendations

(Jan 25, 2024) The Network Advertising Initiative said it is working with its members to develop guidelines on how to handle sensitive location data in the wake of enforcem... Read More

Privacy lawsuits target online decoding tools

(Jan 16, 2024) A series of class-action lawsuits in California aimed at the use of so-called "pen register devices" could be the next frontier for online privacy fights, Bl... Read More