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Italy first EU member to approve state-level AI rules
EDPS issues opinion on EU-US immigration data sharing framework
The European Data Protection Supervisor published its opinion on the European Commission's negotiations toward an EU-U.S. framework for sharing data on security screenings and identity verifications. The proposed framework would allow for data sharing agreements to be signed between individual membe...
Age, content restrictions could be coming next for AI chatbots
An emotionally charged U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary subcommittee hearing highlighted the growing support for safety protections for children across multiple digital platforms, including AI chatbots. IAPP Staff Writer Caitlin Andrews reports on how increasing incidents of chatbots driving c...
Responsible AI governance shouldn't start — much less end — at legal compliance
Companies believing their AI use does not qualify as "high risk" either under the EU AI Act or the Colorado AI Act are risking framing the issue of AI governance in a way that is "narrow, unsafe for consumers and bad for business," ZwillGen AI Division Director Brenda Leong, AIGP, CIPP/US, and Legal...
Brazil enacts children's online safety law, elevates ANPD to autonomous agency
President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed an omnibus bill containing new children's online safety rules and empowering Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, as an autonomous agency. Bill 2628/2022 applies to "apps, games, social networks, and di...
Social platforms employ identity verification providers to meet Australia's age limit rules
Reuters reports social media platforms subject to Australia's rules banning accounts for minors under age 16 have begun piloting age and identity verification software. Companies are pairing solutions from ConnectID and k-ID that verify ages by bank account details and facial estimation, respectivel...
OAIC finds retailer's facial recognition violated Privacy Act
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner announced retailer Kmart Australia violated the Privacy Act with its use of facial recognition technology in stores between June 2020 and July 2022. Australian Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind found Kmart carried out nonconsensual collection of cu...
Oklahoma's attorney general explores legal remedies for retailer's alleged privacy violations
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is requesting outside legal counsels submit proposals to take action against online retailer Temu for alleged consumer privacy violations. Drummond said the attorney general's office "will hold Temu accountable and work to ensure Oklahomans have a safe onli...
Advocacy groups, GPA outline edtech policy considerations
UNICEF, UNESCO and the Global Privacy Assembly collaborated to review education technology's data protection implications and provided recommendations for organizations to address potential challenges. The recommendations indicated organizations should work to promote safe, secure use of educational...
Ireland's DPC appoints Niamh Sweeney as commissioner
Ireland's Data Protection Commission appointed Niamh Sweeney to complete its three-commissioner bench alongside Des Hogan and Dale Sunderland. Prior to joining the DPC, Sweeney worked as a special advisor to Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Facebook Ireland's head of public poli...