Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig challenged privacy professionals at the IAPP Global Policy Summit to “think about how to build a privacy law to give us the right to be left alone again.”
Compliance Techniques
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European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiorowski is worried about what's going on in the U.S. and its potential effect on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), he said Wednesday at a streamed Brussels briefing on the EDPS' 2024 annual report.
The U.S. should continue exploring app store age-verification laws like the measure passed in Utah, FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak said at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit on Tuesday evening.
States are seeking to build a foundation of privacy enforcement by taking action against a broad range of companies, state enforcement officials said Wednesday on a panel at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit. An increasing number of privacy regulations around the world present a big challenge for companies that operate in many global markets, said another IAPP panel earlier Wednesday.
Apple and Meta violated the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Commission said Wednesday in its first noncompliance decisions under the measure. It hit Apple with a $568 million (500 million euros) fine and Meta with $227 million (200 million euros). Neither company commented immediately.
The FTC will serve as a partner to DOJ as the department works to enforce its new Data Security Program (DSP), Commissioner Melissa Holyoak said at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit on Tuesday evening.
Child online privacy and safety laws, on both the federal and state levels, are almost impossible to follow from an operational standpoint, as there is no way to tell in real time the age of those accessing different sites or online platforms, said privacy experts on a Tuesday panel at the IAB Public Policy and Legal Summit.
The Connecticut Senate is likely to vote on data privacy and AI legislation in mid-May, state Sen. James Maroney (D) told Privacy Daily on the sidelines of the IAPP Global Privacy Summit on Tuesday.
DOJ’s data transfer rule might require a “deeper analysis on vendors and third parties” than expected, attorneys at Baker McKenzie said Monday in an opinion piece for the IAPP.
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.