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FTC releases initial findings from surveillance pricing studies
A view from DC: Unpacking FTC's COPPA Rule update
IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offers his take on the latest privacy and AI governance developments in the nation's capital and around the U.S. This week, he digs into the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's finalized amendments to the Children's Online Pr...
US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the law banning social platform TikTok in the U.S. if it does not divest from its Chinese parent company by 19 Jan., NPR reports. The court claimed a ban would not violate users' right to free speech as "Congress has determined that divestiture is necessary t...
EDPB adopts guidelines for pseudonymization
The European Data Protection Board adopted new guidelines for pseudonymization during its latest plenary meeting 16 Jan. and opened a public consultation until 28 Feb. The guidelines clarify pseudonymized data still constitutes personal data, while also covering how the practice "can reduce risks an...
FTC approves enforcement order against GM for selling vehicle location data
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission voted 3-0, with two commissioners absent, to issue a sanction order against automaker General Motors and subsidiary OnStar for alleged collection and sale of customers' geolocation data. Under the proposed order, GM and OnStar would be barred from disclosing driver'...
25 leaders, 25 moments at 25 years: The 'tech effect'
As part of its 25th anniversary, the IAPP will celebrate 25 trailblazing innovators and 25 defining moments in the last quarter century that helped establish the privacy and digital governance profession. This week we highlight how the proliferation of the internet, mobile phones, online advertising...
Biden's final order on cybersecurity represents evolution, not revolution
The executive order on cybersecurity U.S. President Joe Biden issued in the final days of his presidency "aims to build on existing initiatives and drive progress on multiple fronts," including software security, AI and quantum computing, IAPP Cybersecurity Law Center Director Jim Dempsey writes. Wh...
MEPs, Council of the European Union at crossroads over EDPS appointment
Politico reports the Council of the European Union voted European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiórowski to remain in his post after the European Parliament selected European Commission Head of International Data Flows and Protection Bruno Gencarelli as their candidate. Council representat...
Compliance platform launches sensitive data assessment
SafeGuard Privacy introduced its multistate sensitive data assessment tool aimed at helping companies confirm compliance with U.S. state privacy regulations and assess vendors. SafeGuard Privacy CEO Richy Glassberg said the tool consolidates more than 800 data protection obligations "into one assess...
Former leaders urge European Commission to pursue Google adtech breakup
Former EU leaders called on the European Commission to consider action against Google's dominance over the digital advertising landscape, Irish Legal News reports. Club de Madrid President and former President of Slovenia Danilo Türk said, "pursuing structural separation in the Google case would sen...