The European Commission Friday consulted academia, researchers and industry about AI data practices, on simplifying rules that apply to data, and on international data flows. The responses will be used to inform the EC's upcoming Data Union Strategy.
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.
The EU and Singapore Wednesday announced a digital trade agreement (DTA) covering cross-border data flows. "In these uncertain times, the EU and Singapore are like-minded partners in upholding a rules-based trading order," they said.
Maine should follow “where the puck’s going” on comprehensive privacy laws in the states, said the legislature's joint Judiciary Committee House Chair Amy Kuhn (D) during the panel's hearing Monday. That means adopting a bill, like Kuhn’s LD-1822, based on data minimization rather than notice and consent, she said. However, two alternative Maine privacy bills would follow the approach included in state privacy laws prior to Maryland’s comprehensive law.
The increased number of massive data leaks in France last year calls for tightening security when processing large volumes of data, French privacy watchdog CNIL said Wednesday. The incidents involved several million people and both public and private actors, it noted.
Many American advertising technology companies could be “surprised” to find their transactions fall within the scope of DOJ’s data transfer rule due to the presence of Chinese adtech entities, Nancy Libin, a compliance attorney at Davis Wright Tremaine, said Friday (see 2504140047).
As the presence of regulators and regulations grows in the privacy landscape, states are increasing their proactive enforcement and employing technology to do so, privacy experts said during a Privado webinar Thursday.
Don't preempt state privacy laws, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) and New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin (D) argued in comments to House Commerce Committee Republicans Monday as the lawmakers worked on drafting privacy legislation (see 2504070065).
Life sciences companies should assess whether DOJ’s data transfer rule applies to their data-handling activity, attorneys at Cooley said in a post Thursday (see 2504020022).
A French lawmaker who challenged the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework in 2023 had his first hearing in the EU General Court Monday. Member of Parliament Philippe Latombe is seeking annulment of the DPF (see 2309120030) (Latombe v. Commission, Case T-533/23).