With rules governing general-purpose AI under the EU AI Act becoming effective Aug. 2 and enforceable for new models one year later, the European Commission on Thursday unveiled a code of practice aimed at helping industry comply with the act's GPAI provisions.
A European Commission proposal to ease some reporting requirements under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) won backing from the EU's top privacy bodies Wednesday. They cautioned, however, that the amended rules must not result in reduced protection for individuals.
The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region appears to be taking a different approach to AI regulation and governance than the EU and U.S., privacy professionals told Privacy Daily.
Data protection authorities (DPAs) are increasingly helping mold AI model training rules that also spur innovation, a Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) panel said at a June 27 webinar focused on developments in Brazil and France.
Swedish Prime Minister and Moderate Party Leader Ulf Kristersson will raise pausing the implementation of the EU AI Act at the European Council meeting this week in Brussels, his office confirmed to us Wednesday.
The European Commission must urgently reassess Israel's data protection adequacy status, European Digital Rights (EDRi), the Electronic Privacy Information Center and 15 other civil rights groups said in a Tuesday letter to Michael McGrath, EU commissioner for democracy, justice, rule of law and consumer protection. Neither the EC nor the Israeli government commented immediately.
It was “absolutely necessary” for the Irish Data Protection Commission to seek high court relief blocking X from using EU users’ data to train its AI system, DPC Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle said Friday.
The European Commission is in "continuous dialogue with Meta concerning the launch of their Meta AI feature," an EC official emailed Tuesday in response to questions from Privacy Daily about Meta AI users posting what's typically private information for everyone to see on the app (see 2506120082).
Cookies and other tracking technologies were considered simple tools to enhance website users' experience but have become "ground zero" in the data-protection consent space, privacy and cybersecurity attorney Scott Loughlin said at a June 12 Hogan Lovells webinar.
The controversial U.K. Data Use (and Access) Bill (DUA), which cleared Parliament Wednesday night and awaits Royal Assent before becoming law, continues to spark concerns about whether its divergences from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other EU laws will adequately protect Europeans' personal data. Moreover, passage of the bill could prompt the European Commission to deny adequacy status to Britain's data-protection regime, privacy attorneys and civil society groups said.