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Global AI Governance Policy: European Union
Personal data defined? On the implications of the CJEU's SRB ruling
On 4 Sept., the Court of Justice of the European Union gave its highly anticipated decision in the EDPS v. SRB case. In its landmark ruling, the CJEU clarified the definition of personal data under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, and, in essence, the scope of EU data protection law. For U...
A view from DC: Don't mess up your employee privacy notice
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 peers into recent enforcement by the California Privacy Protection Agency — now rebranded as "...
EDPB organizing anonymization, pseudonymization stakeholder event
The European Data Protection Board is organizing a stakeholder event seeking input on anonymization and pseudonymization "following the clarification on the scope of the concept of personal data provided by the Court of Justice of the European Union's judgement in EDPS v Single Resolution Board." Ac...
A view from Brussels: A wind of pragmatism
IAPP Managing Director, Europe, Isabelle Roccia, CIPP/E, writes the European Data Protection Board's Helsinki Statement signals data protection authorities' ambition to adopt a more actionable and practical approach to some of their work. "We should expect more dialogue with stakeholders, more timel...
NOYB: Austria's DPA finds Microsoft 365 tracked students without consent
Austria's Data Protection Authority allegedly found Microsoft 365 Education tracked users without their consent, violating data protection regulations, France 24 reports. The DPA launched an investigation into Microsoft after privacy group NOYB claimed the software collected users' information, incl...
California governor looks to balance entertainment, tech industry with age verification bill
Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., is aiming to implement consumer protections and balance industry opinions after a California age verification bill backed by technology companies was opposed by the entertainment industry, Politico reports. While the bill looks to protect underage users from viewing inap...
NAI: California's mandatory opt-out controls do not represent user choice
The Network Advertising Initiative issued a statement in response to a new California law that will require web browsers to offer consumers opt-out preference signals. "While the NAI supports easy to use consumer controls, I’m disappointed that California is mandating browser-based opt-out preferenc...
NAI publishes paper on PETs in digital advertising
The Network Advertising Initiative published a paper to help privacy professionals navigate privacy-enhancing technologies in digital advertising. The paper explains that PETs in digital advertising can improve data governance, limit exposure of personal data in collaborations across organizations, ...
Philippines' NPC orders Tools for Humanity to stop biometrics processing
The Philippines' National Privacy Commission issued a cease and desist order stating Tools for Humanity must stop all data processing activities related to its World App, Biometric Update reports. The NPC said an investigation found TFH violated the country's General Data Privacy Principles and Righ...