TikTok transferred European Economic Area (EEA) users' personal data to servers in China, the Irish Data Protection Commission said Thursday as it launched a probe into the social media platform's activities.
Organizations exporting data from France must ensure it will be protected in a way that's substantially equivalent to safeguards in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), France's CNIL said in a guide it published Wednesday.
French data protection authority CNIL and the French Association of Data Protection Officers (AFCDP) believe data protection officers (DPOs) can help introduce privacy concepts to parents in social and professional groups. As such, the two organizations announced a toolkit for DPOs to use when they address parents in public and private workplaces about protecting their children online.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) on Tuesday welcomed a ruling that it had the power to fine TikTok 12.7 million pounds ($17.2 million) for U.K. General Data Protection Regulation breaches.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is planning to relax some enforcement of consent requirements for companies that stop using intrusive tracking technologies, it said Monday (see 2504280042).
Cookies on websites that measure audience or performance statistics may be exempt from consent requirements under certain conditions, French data protection agency CNIL said July 4 as part of an advisory.
The EU AI Act will not be postponed, Thomas Regnier, a European Commission spokesperson, posted July 4 on LinkedIn. "Legal deadlines are legal deadlines," he said.
The Spanish Data Protection Agency will work toward proactive, people-centered data protection adapted to emerging technological challenges over the next five years, it said Thursday.
The number of data thefts by cybercriminals nearly doubled in 2024 and organizational countermeasures, though improved, remain worryingly vulnerable, the Dutch Data Protection Authority reported Thursday in an annual overview of cyber activity in the Netherlands.
Using an AI-created image doesn't necessarily involve personal data processing, the Latvian data protection authority said Thursday.