Biometric systems must be designed in a way that honors the ability to revoke and delete data, especially with the rise of biometric authentication in daily life, said privacy-focused system design software engineer Naveen Kumar Reddy Pajjuri in an IAPP piece Wednesday.
The European Commission Wednesday unveiled its latest proposals that are intended to reduce administrative costs for European business by simplifying a range of rules, including in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR change, which differed slightly from what was expected, drew mixed reactions from stakeholders.
The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) appears to be holding despite Trump administration actions in connection with the FTC and Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), Irish Data Protection Commissioner Dale Sunderland said during a May 14 interview at the IAPP AI Governance Global Europe conference in Dublin.
The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) plans to “relax” online advertising-related privacy enforcement, using the General Data Protection Regulation's "legitimate interest" principles as justification, Executive Director-Regulatory Risk Stephen Almond told us in April at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington (see 2504280042). Almond said regulators will look to loosen enforcement standards under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).
Businesses must traverse an expanding “minefield of state and international regulations,” said BigID CEO Dimitri Sirota in an interview last month at the IAPP Global Privacy Conference in Washington. The emergence of AI has also created privacy compliance challenges -- but the emerging technology could also make some aspects of the data protection profession more efficient, he said.
DUBLIN -- EU digital rules such as the General Data Protection (GDPR) and AI Act must align with technological reality or risk harming innovation, speakers said Wednesday at the IAPP AI Governance Global Europe 2025 conference.
DUBLIN -- One of the least clear aspects of the EU AI Act is its content on using biometric data, panelists said Wednesday at the IAPP AI Governance Global Europe 2025 conference.
Irish Data Protection Commission Deputy Commissioner Cian O'Brien sees a "welcome trend" toward greater agreement among EU data protection authorities (DPAs) in enforcement cases. He spoke Friday during an IAPP webinar about the office's decision against TikTok.
AI’s high-speed evolution makes it a tough technology to regulate, said panelists at a partly virtual University of Illinois privacy conference Thursday.
The global health care and life sciences sectors face major regulatory challenges in the U.S. and Europe from data transfer and cybersecurity laws, speakers said Thursday during an IAPP webinar.