Neurotechnology is the next big thing in privacy law and our minds are the last vestige of privacy, Cooley lawyers said Wednesday during a webinar.
The EU's recent drive to streamline rules in the digital and other sectors could mean potential adjustments to the Data Act and other laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European Commission said. But while the EC contemplates possibly cutting red tape, it notes that companies covered by the Data Act have until Sept. 12 to comply with it.
Compliance with EU data protection principles is the first step toward ensuring that minors aren't exposed to harmful content online, European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiorowski said Monday. Age assurance or verification is also important, but it shouldn't entirely block children from accessing some content, speakers said at the European Parliament Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) meeting.
A French lawmaker who challenged the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework in 2023 had his first hearing in the EU General Court Monday. Member of Parliament Philippe Latombe is seeking annulment of the DPF (see 2309120030) (Latombe v. Commission, Case T-533/23).
Until recently, there was no real political appetite to reopen the General Data Protection Regulation, though it was becoming increasingly necessary to align GDPR with other data-related EU laws such as the Data Act and to streamline it, Linklaters IT, data and cyber attorney Tanguy Van Overstraeten said in an interview Friday.
Priorities for Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner include addressing the privacy impacts of fast-moving technological developments and ensuring that children's privacy is protected, the OPC said in a Friday report setting out the results of a consultation on age assurance.
Starting March 17, the U.K. Office of Communications (Ofcom) said it will monitor providers of online file-sharing and file-storage services that pose particular risks to users from child sexual abuse material (CSAM) for potential enforcement activities under the Online Safety Act (OSA).
Multiple state attorneys general signaled that they will flex their privacy enforcement muscles in the wake of President Donald Trump's Tuesday firing of Democratic FTC Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter. Privacy experts said the development raises new concerns about the fate of trans-Atlantic personal data transfers and the legitimacy of potential FTC rulemaking decisions.
LONDON -- The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office is intensively engaged in the hot privacy issues of biometrics and web scraping, Regulatory Risk Executive Director Stephen Almond said at Thursday's IAPP Data Protection Intensive conference.
LONDON -- With the rule of law and protection of individuals trending as issues in Europe, the U.S. and elsewhere, it's important to have data protection authorities ensuring that fundamental rights are respected, Hielke Hijmans, litigation chamber president of the Belgian Data Protection Authority, said Wednesday.