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FISA Section 702 renewal bill clears procedural vote in US Senate
Draft ICO report finds gaps in Google's Privacy Sandbox
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office found Google's proposed third-party cookie replacement, the Privacy Sandbox, needs to better protect users' personal data, according to ICO draft documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal. A review of the the ICO report found, as presently constituted, ...
European Commission issues guidance on Data Act
The European Commission published an overview of the Data Act. The law raises rules on who can access and use data generated in the EU across all economic sectors while establishing the conditions upon which public sector entities can obtain request data from businesses "where there is an exceptiona...
A view from Brussels: Behavioral advertising is an unstoppable current
The European Data Protection Board's opinion on the pay-or-consent models being deployed by large online platforms as a legal construct to support behavioral advertising, is generating unprecedented aggravation and heated opinions, IAPP Managing Director, Europe, Isabelle Roccia, CIPP/E, writes. Det...
South Korea's PIPC updates DPIA guide
South Korea's Personal Information Protection Committee updated guidelines for conducting data protection impact assessments under the Personal Information Protection Act. The revised notice includes new sections on automated decision-making technology, pseudonymous information processing and change...
Italy, Germany DPAs to meet for two-day summit
Italy's data protection authority, the Garante, and Germany's Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information will meet for a two-day summit 19-20 April to discuss age verification systems, artificial intelligence and pay-or-consent models.Full story...
Op-ed: APRA should be a floor for privacy rights
Electronic Frontier Federation Staff Attorney Mario Trujillo urged U.S. Congress to allow for a private right of action, limit data sharing with the government and not preempt states from having stronger privacy laws under the proposed American Privacy Rights Act. He said the bill's focus on online ...
UN agency suffers ransomware attack
A significant amount of U.N. Development Programme data related to its staff and internal operations was stolen in a ransomware attack, CyberScoop reports. While the agency did not detail what types of data was stolen, hackers reportedly were able to "access a number of servers" that contained "a la...
Examining Eurodac's expanded biometric data collection
The European Parliament passed amendments expanding Eurodac, previously a fingerprint database, to now allow for the biometric data collection from migrants to Europe for up to 10 years and sharing among police and border officials. On a recent episode of Euractiv's "The Tech Brief" podcast, Europea...
China orders removal of messaging apps from Apple store
The Cyberspace Administration of China ordered WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram be removed from Apple's App Store this week for national security reasons, The Wall Street Journal reports. A person familiar with the decision said it was due political content shared on the apps, which Apple disputed.Full...
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