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Google to delay Privacy Sandbox deployment
Analyzing the emerging trends in US cybersecurity law
Stanford University Program on Geopolitics, Technology and Governance Senior Policy Advisor James Dempsey and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Partner John Carlin, who recently spoke on The Privacy Advisor Podcast, wrote on key trends in U.S. cybersecurity law, which they say "is emergin...
EDPB issues guidance on EU-US Data Privacy Framework redress processes
The European Data Protection Board published guidance on redress processes for EU claims under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. The guidance documents include Q&A information, a template form for complaints to the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence's Civil Liberties Protecti...
Biden signs bill to force TikTok sale, block sensitive data transfers to foreign adversaries
U.S. President Joe Biden signed legislation within an omnibus foreign aid package that could ban TikTok if ByteDance does not sell the social media platform within nine months, The Washington Post reports. The legislative package also includes the Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries ...
Washington Post Editorial Board announces support for APRA
In an op-ed, The Washington Post Editorial Board came out in support of the proposed American Privacy Rights Act, noting that it "is a long-awaited paradigm shift in modern-day privacy policy." Though the board notes that there are "flaws" with the current proposal, "There's plenty of room to addres...
T-Mobile sued over alleged use of facial recognition technology
Mobile telecommunications company T-Mobile was sued over its alleged use of facial recognition technology in New York City stores, Bloomberg reports. The plaintiff accuses the company of collecting biometric information without her consent. The proposed class-action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. Dis...
Workday's Cosgrove passionate about privacy, enabling trusted innovation
As privacy professionals around the world explore their role in artificial intelligence governance, Workday Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer Barbara Cosgrove, CIPP/E, said conversations around the technology and responsible innovation are "of paramount importance." But at the same time, "non...
GAO releases study on biometric tech use
In a study, the U.S. Government Accountability Office found biometric technologies are improving but still need better demographic diversity training data to address accuracy gaps. The GAO recommended five areas of improvement policymakers could look at, including risk-based approaches to regulation...
FTC sends refunds to Ring customers in settlement case
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is sending USD5.6 million worth of refunds to Ring camera customers who were affected by the company's alleged insufficient data security and nonconsensual data use for algorithm training. The FTC claimed the data security shortcomings allowed hackers to "take contr...
Rehabilitation hospitals face lawsuit over cyberattack
Rehabilitation health care provider Ernest Health is facing a class-action privacy lawsuit over a January cyberattack that allegedly breached sensitive patient information, Top Class Action reports. The lawsuit claimed Ernest Health did not have adequate cybersecurity safeguards and failed to protec...
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