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Members of US Consortium of Privacy Regulators discuss enforcement priorities
The potential and perils of the UK's AI growth labs proposal
IAPP Staff Writer Caitlin Andrews reports on the U.K.'s AI Growth Labs as its latest effort to bring about economic prosperity through AI. The government is hoping a regulatory sandbox will lead to legislative changes supercharging AI adoption and growth in the country. The proposal to test laws aga...
California attorney general fines Sling TV $530K for alleged CCPA violations
The California attorney general's office said it settled its case with Sling TV and Dish Media Sales for violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act when it allegedly did not provide an easy way for customers to opt-out of their information being sold. The case also concerned whether the provi...
ICO seeks feedback on its investigation process guidance
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office is seeking public feedback on its new guidance detailing how it carries out investigations and takes action under the U.K. General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018. The guidance is primarily for those who process personal data and...
Denmark moves toward voluntary adoption of proposed CSAM detection
Despite the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union previously reviving proposed regulations to enforce mandatory child sexual abuse material detection tools, it will move away from pushing for mandatory regulations to support EU member states' voluntary adoption, Euractiv reports. Th...
A look at industry feedback to the US AI Action Plan
The White House is going through hundreds of industry request-for-information responses on AI regulation as part of its proposed AI Action Plan, Axios reports. Several groups, including the Chamber of Commerce, R Street Institute and the Consumer Technology Association, are pushing for preemption of...
IAB Europe raises concerns about EDPS guidance on DSA, GDPR collaboration
IAB Europe issued its response to the European Data Protection Supervisor's public consultation on the draft guidance on the cooperation between the EU Digital Services Act and the General Data Protection Regulation. IAB Europe requested clarity on the guideline's definition of personalized advertis...
FTC urged to prevent Meta from targeting ads based on chatbot data
Advocacy groups, including the Electronic Information Privacy Center and the Center for Digital Democracy, are urging the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to prevent Meta from serving users with targeted advertisements based on data collected by the company's AI chatbot, MediaPost reports. In a letter ...
US agencies support ban of home WiFi manufacturer, due to national security concerns
Several U.S. agencies have supported a proposed ban on TP-Link Systems devices after a review of the company raised national security concerns due to its connection to China, The Washington Post reports. The ban was proposed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, who claimed TP-Link Systems technology,...
25 leaders, 25 moments at 25 years: Peter Swire
As part of its 25th anniversary, the IAPP is celebrating 25 trailblazing innovators and 25 defining moments in the last quarter century that helped define the privacy and digital governance profession. This week, we take a look at the career of Peter Swire, CIPP/US, whose work around privacy has spa...