Recent enforcement against Honda and Healthline in California and FTC action against data brokers show that companies must understand data flow and consent, an executive with the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) said in an interview Monday.
The European Commission must urgently reassess Israel's data protection adequacy status, European Digital Rights (EDRi), the Electronic Privacy Information Center and 15 other civil rights groups said in a Tuesday letter to Michael McGrath, EU commissioner for democracy, justice, rule of law and consumer protection. Neither the EC nor the Israeli government commented immediately.
Understanding “data flows” and “who has access" are the most important steps in making a good-faith effort to comply with the DOJ’s bulk data transfer rule before a three-month grace period ends, said privacy attorney Nancy Libin during a Davis Wright webinar Tuesday. DOJ will begin full enforcement July 8 (see 2504140047).
A multistakeholder approach to global privacy certification is "critical," Shannon Coe, Global Cross Border Privacy Rules (GCBPR) Forum chair, said Wednesday at an IAPP webinar. The key is incorporating as many common privacy principles as possible into certifications while respecting different approaches, Coe added.
Cross-border data flows are a "supply chain imperative," the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) said in a policy paper Wednesday.
DOJ should act to prevent countries like the U.K. from seeking backdoor access into Americans’ encrypted devices, House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., said Thursday.
The Office of Data Protection at ADGM, Abu Dhabi's international financial center, and the Office of Data Protection of Astana International Financial Centre in Kazakhstan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for enhanced collaboration on data protection and enforcement of privacy laws, they announced Wednesday.
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.