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Albania appoints digital AI assistant for unbiased government decisions
Poland's DPA calls for new laws to ease data sharing restrictions for research
Poland's data protection authority, the Urząd Ochrony Danych Osobowych, called on the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Science and Higher Education to draft new national laws for protecting personal data in the context of sharing medical data for research purposes. UODO President Mirosław Wróblews...
UK employers using tracking technology to monitor workers
A survey by the Chartered Management Institute found a third of employers in the U.K. are using tracking technology to monitor employee productivity, emails and web history, the Guardian reports. The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office raised concerns about organizational use of surveillance, not...
China's CAC issues new incident reporting requirements
The Cyberspace Administration of China issued national cybersecurity incident reporting measures that enter into force 1 Nov. The measures contain 14 articles that feature the scope of the regulatory requirements and responsibilities as well as reporting entities, procedures, time limits and content...
Lithuania revises guidance on what counts as a personal data breach
Lithuania's State Data Protection Inspectorate updated its guidance on what counts as a personal data breach. The recommendations include three new examples to illustrate when a notification to the authority is not necessary.Full story...
California State Legislature passes AI safety bill governor vetoed last year
The California State Legislature passed Senate Bill 53, which would require AI companies to disclose how they test their models for safety and certify they follow their testing regimes, Politico reports. The bill cuts back some of the strictest requirements from a version vetoed in 2024 and the curr...
National regulators not ready to enforce EU Data Act
Euronews reports some national enforcers are not prepared or equipped to enforce the EU Data Act, which took force 12 Sept., because of delays in conversions of the law. Relevant authorities in Germany and the Netherlands warned of implementation issues while some business groups previously indicate...
South Korea's president loosens copyright law for AI training
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said copyrighted data can be used for AI training and public data will be made more accessible during the first Strategic Meeting on Core Regulation Rationalization. The group created a guideline for how to use copyrighted works for AI training until changes to t...
How to limit unwanted digital fingerprinting
Depending on consumers' privacy settings, search engines, including Google, may be able to collect data based on the websites users visit, Forbes reports. The tracking, or digital fingerprinting, is able to collect vast amounts of users' personal data without their explicit consent. Digital fingerpr...
A case study in privacy operations: The Maryland sensitive personal information rule
With Maryland's Online Data Privacy Act set to take effect 1 Oct., organizations must work to ensure compliance with the law's sensitive personal information rule that states companies can only share or process SPI when necessary. Red Clover Advisors CEO Jodi Daniels, CIPP/US, said, while analyzing ...