TikTok's transfer of Europeans' personal data to China violated the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced Friday. It fined the social media platform $600 million (530 million euros) and ordered it to clean up its act within six months or face suspension of its data transfers to China. TikTok said it will appeal.
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Microsoft supports regulatory efforts to simplify compliance with privacy laws globally, said Cari Benn, the company’s associate general counsel-privacy, accessibility and regulatory affairs, in an interview last week at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit. Meanwhile, as Microsoft embraces AI, it's striving to apply privacy principles to the emerging technology.
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The House voted 409-2 Monday to pass the Take It Down Act (S-146), despite privacy-related objections from encryption advocates.
A Connecticut bill that updates the state’s comprehensive privacy law took a step closer to passage Friday when it cleared the legislature’s joint Judiciary Committee.
The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) plans to “relax” online advertising-related privacy enforcement, using the GDPR's "legitimate interest" principles as justification, Executive Director-Regulatory Risk Stephen Almond told us Thursday at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Tools for Humanity CEO Alex Blania used the IAPP Global Privacy Summit as a “sales pitch” opportunity for their “biometric data-based, crypto-powered identity product,” U.K. privacy attorney and entrepreneur Sergio Maldonado said in a post Thursday.
Expect movement shortly on three Vermont privacy bills, including a comprehensive privacy measure, state Rep. Monique Priestley (D) said in an interview at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington earlier this week. Priestley will continue tweaking the legislation based on feedback, including a change covering more businesses in her kids code bill.
Legal challenges around AI are growing with the technology, said an OpenAI official during a Wednesday panel at the IAPP Global Policy Summit in Washington. Meanwhile, an official from Anthropic said the company is emphasizing safety and transparency with Claude, its AI assistant.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Thursday he understands the “very strong reactions” and privacy concerns surrounding his biometric identity company Tools for Humanity (TFH).