Issue 220

EU & UK

  • The European Data Protection Board released its organizational strategy for 2024-2027.
  • The European Commission requested a risk assessment from TikTok to ensure compliance with the Digital Services Act after this month’s launch of TikTok Lite.
  • Officials in Paris are buckled up and preparing for potential cyberattacks that could impact this year’s Summer Olympics.
  • The corrigendum of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act has been released. The document corrects and clarifies language in the act.

AMERICAS

  • Ransomware group RansomHub claimed it is selling U.S. citizens’ medical and financial records following a cyberattack on Change Healthcare.
  • The Colorado General Assembly approved an amendment to the Colorado Privacy Act for the protection of sensitive biometric and “neural data”.
  • U.S. Sens. plans to introduce legislation to create a legislative framework establishing a licensing regime for deploying “advanced” artificial intelligence models.
  • U.S. states decided to pass online children’s safety laws and technology companies are resisting those efforts.

ASIA PACIFIC

  • Alleged bias observed in NZ grocery retailer’s facial recognition program.
  • Information Accountability Foundation Chief Strategy Officer Elizabeth Denham mentioned about the challenges in the privacy industry as it grows.