A Connecticut bill that updates the state’s comprehensive privacy law took a step closer to passage Friday when it cleared the legislature’s joint Judiciary Committee.
The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) plans to “relax” its enforcement approach under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by year's end, Executive Director-Regulatory Risk Stephen Almond told us Thursday at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Tools for Humanity CEO Alex Blania used the IAPP Global Privacy Summit as a “sales pitch” opportunity for their “biometric data-based, crypto-powered identity product,” U.K. privacy attorney and entrepreneur Sergio Maldonado said in a post Thursday.
Expect movement shortly on three Vermont privacy bills, including a comprehensive privacy measure, state Rep. Monique Priestley (D) said in an interview at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington earlier this week. Priestley will continue tweaking the legislation based on feedback, including a change covering more businesses in her kids code bill.
Legal challenges around AI are growing with the technology, said an OpenAI official during a Wednesday panel at the IAPP Global Policy Summit in Washington. Meanwhile, an official from Anthropic said the company is emphasizing safety and transparency with Claude, its AI assistant.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Thursday he understands the “very strong reactions” and privacy concerns surrounding his biometric identity company Tools for Humanity (TFH).
House Commerce Committee Republicans are “committed to moving” a federal privacy bill “this Congress,” a committee staffer said at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit on Thursday.
Amid European uncertainty about the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (see 2504230002), Microsoft Chief Privacy Officer Julie Brill advised IAPP Global Policy Summit attendees to talk calmly with other countries about the state of U.S. privacy. On the same panel Thursday, Cisco CPO Harvey Jang said engagement with regulators and legislators is a must at the moment.
A Fourth Amendment exemption for searches at the border should be overturned because it doesn't fit today's digital age, Stanford law professor Orin Kerr argued in a Tuesday keynote at IAPP Global Privacy Summit for privacy professionals.
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.”