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.
Massachusetts senators advanced a comprehensive privacy bill that includes a private right of action and Maryland-like data-minimization requirements. On Monday, the Senate side of the legislature’s joint Advanced Information Technology Committee advanced to the Ways and Means Committee a new draft of the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act (S-2516) that replaces bills by the committee’s Senate Chair Michael Moore (D), Senate Majority Leader Cynthia Creem (D) and Sen. William Driscoll (D). Some alternatives remain pending, including legislation by Sen. Barry Finegold (D), his spokesperson told Privacy Daily.
Age-verification tools are not a silver bullet that will protect children and young people on internet sites and social media platforms, speakers said Monday at a session of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance.
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) offered preliminary support Thursday for an upcoming European Commission proposal to make changes to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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.
The GDPR’s Article 5 data-processing principles will likely remain intact, but there’s potential for compromise on revisions to other data-processing requirements in forthcoming negotiations, a center-right digital policy advisor for the European Parliament said Friday at the Privacy + Security Forum spring academy.
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.
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EU plans for cutting red tape in measures such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and AI Act, if done pragmatically, will help rather than hamper innovation, lawyers and academics told us.
An Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) decision to fine TikTok $600 million for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) breaches (see 2505020001) highlights the increasing scrutiny on transfers to and from a broader range of countries than just the U.S., EU and U.K., IAPP Research Director Joe Jones said Friday.