The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) wants feedback about proposed guidelines on processing personal data through blockchains, it said Monday.
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.
Privacy must transcend regulation and become entwined with ethical principles such as trust, which is something consumers expect from companies, privacy professionals said during a panel at the Osano Privacy Pro Summit Thursday.
The Irish Data Protection Commission announced Friday it's investigating how social media site X processes personal data from publicly accessible content that EU/European Economic Area users post on its platform to train Generative AI Large Language Models. A major focus of the probe is X's Grok chatbot, which an LLM of the same name powers. The probe will examine X's compliance with a range of General Data Protection Regulation provisions, including the lawfulness and transparency of the processing, the DPC said.
Civil society organizations were nearly excluded from a Maryland AI working group, the Electronic Privacy Information Center said Friday. However, consumer privacy advocates will get to join the group under the version of HB-956 that passed the Maryland General Assembly earlier this week, EPIC said.
An Arkansas comprehensive privacy bill (SB-258) failed again to get enough votes to pass the Senate on Thursday.
The privacy professional's remit has evolved rapidly and now includes governance and overseeing the regulation of emerging technologies, making roles on privacy teams more specialized, a panel of privacy pros said during an Osano summit Thursday.
“Sports teams must navigate a complex network of privacy laws that govern athlete health data," Orrick attorneys blogged Wednesday.
The German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) reported Thursday on the office's activities last year, highlighting its significant digital successes.
The European Data Protection Board Thursday published a report on AI privacy risks and mitigations for Large Language Models (LLMs). The report "helps Data Protection Authorities gain a comprehensive understanding and state-of-the-art information on the functioning of LLMs systems and the risks associated with LLMs," it said.