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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A plan aimed at boosting cross-border cooperation in enforcing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) could end up making things worse, Austrian privacy advocacy group Noyb warned Thursday.