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US House commences proposed American Privacy Rights Act debate
Perspective: What past legislative efforts tells us about the AI Act's future
Laura Caroli, who serves as European Parliament senior policy advisor to MEP Brando Benifei and led negotiations on the Artificial Intelligence Act at the technical level, writes about the challenges of regulating the multifaceted AI industry and what prior harmonization efforts, such as the EU Gene...
US House may package legislation to ban TikTok with foreign aid
The U.S. House allegedly plans to package an updated version of the legislation to ban TikTok with aid for Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine, The New York Times reports. Meanwhile, digital rights groups claim a ban on TikTok would be internet censorship for the 170 million Americans who use the platform, e...
South Africa approves data management directive
South Africa's Department of Public Service and Administration Minister Noxolo Kiviet approved a directive on data management. The directive is a "legal instrument to give effect to the mainstreaming of knowledge management and data management in the public service." It aims to increase the developm...
Ransomware group sells medical, financial records from data breach
Ransomware group RansomHub claimed it is selling U.S. citizen's medical and financial records following a cyberattack on Change Healthcare, Wired reports. Emsisoft Threat Analyst Brett Callow said it is likely an attempt to collect additional ransom payments from the health care companies involved i...
FTC advises on data security vulnerabilities
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Office of Technology wrote about how to strengthen data security systems to avoid punishable data breaches. The advisory discusses vulnerabilities that include cross-site scripting, structured query language injections and buffer overflows.Full story...
Colorado passes bill to protect brain data
The Colorado General Assembly approved an amendment to the Colorado Privacy Act for the protection of sensitive biometric and "neural data," The New York Times reports. The law aims to protect consumers from devices that collect data from brain activity. State Rep. Cathy Kipp, D-Colo., said while th...
COPPA 2.0 gains additional support
U.S. Sens. Edward Markey, D-Mass., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., announced 12 new co-signers and 13 additional supportive entities for the proposed Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA 2.0. The House companion bill was introduced last week.Full story...
Brazil's ANPD opens public consult on high-risk data
Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, is soliciting public feedback on what personal data should be considered high risk as part of a study on the topic. Public input closes 16 May.Full story...
EDPB adopts organizational strategy for 2024-2027
The European Data Protection Board released its organizational strategy for 2024-2027. The strategy centers around four core pillars: improved legal harmonization and compliance promotion, reaffirming a common enforcement culture, ensuring cross-border data protection standards and promoting a globa...
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