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Canada's OPC releases results of privacy survey
Strategies to ensure compliance with global data minimization requirements
Enforcement of data minimization requirements are on the rise across many global jurisdictions. Baker & Mackenzie Partners Helena Engfeldt, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, and Elisabeth Dehareng, CIPP/E, explore the areas and impacts of increased scrutiny while noting organizations "should establish and reinfo...
California state court sets hearing on CPPA regulations process
The Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, scheduled a 21 June hearing for arguments regarding the California Privacy Protection Agency's rulemaking authority. The California Chamber of Commerce is challenging whether the agency has authority to promulgate future regulations without all...
AEPD, regional DPAs issue guidance for Wi-Fi tracking technology
Spain's data protection authority, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, issued joint guidance with three regional DPAs regarding entities seeking to deploy Wi-Fi tracking technology, which allows mobile devices to be tracked through the Wi-Fi signals they emit. The DPAs said before such tech...
FTC to begin BetterHelp settlement disbursement
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced approximately 800,000 consumers will be notified of refunds from a USD7.8 million privacy settlement between the agency and online therapy provider BetterHelp. The 2023 settlement covered claims that BetterHelp used consumers' sensitive health information ...
Singapore approves Cybersecurity Act updates
The Straits Times reports on a proposed update to a law giving Singapore's Cyber Security Agency more oversight of high-risk computer systems. The bill would require critical information infrastructure operators to disclose any outages and attacks that affect their servers under the Cybersecurity Ac...
NZ's OPC releases credit reporters' annual compliance reports
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand released compliance reviews for three major credit reporting companies for the 2022-23 period. The agency found no issues with the companies' practices under the Credit Reporting Privacy Code.Full story...
Germany's DSK issues advisory on generative AI's GDPR compliance
Germany's Conference of the Independent Data Protection Authorities issued guidance stating generative artificial intelligence will create multiple data privacy issues under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, Bloomberg Law reports. The DSK's advisory reminded entities using AI to establish i...
European trade unions push for Amazon worker surveillance probe
Trade union leaders from 11 European countries asked respective data protection authorities to examine Amazon's employee monitoring practices, Euronews reports. Their request comes after France's DPA, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, fined the retail giant for excessive su...
Data breach impacts UK military members
A cyberattack on the U.K. Ministry of Defense's payroll contractor breached the personal information of current and former U.K. military members, BBC News reports. The data breach stole "personal (HM Revenue and Customs)-style information," though it did not affect the military's operational systems...
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