Issue 283

  • OECD publishes a policy paper on AI training data collection mechanisms.
  • Austrian data authority has ordered Microsoft to stop tracking school children.
  • Paris cybercrime agency OFAC to investigate Apple’s voice assistant, Siri. 
  • Italian data protection authority-imposed restriction on Clothoff, a deepfake app.
  • NOYB filed a complaint against an AI reporting platform for allegedly selling personal data.
  • The Office for Civil Rights reached USD 182,000 settlement with a healthcare provider over unauthorized disclosure of patients’ protected health information.      
  • The Department of Justice filed a complaint against a social media company for allegedly targeting children through deceptive practices.  
  • California Privacy Protection Agency fined the country’s largest rural lifestyle retailer, USD 1.35 million for privacy violations.  
  • New York AG announced that social media companies must report their content moderation policies.
  • Maryland Online Data Privacy Act has officially come into effect
  • Pennsylvania House approved the Solomon Data Breach Bill. 
  • Social security disability advocacy group to pay USD 1 million to FTC for Illegal and misleading calls to consumers nationwide.
  • Colorado’s new law enhancing privacy protections for children’s online data has entered into force. 
  • Montana’s revised privacy law addressing biometric, genetic, and neural data is now effective.
  • Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology concluded its public consultation on the Draft Law on Artificial Intelligence.   
  • India’s Competition Commission released a report examining the intersection of AI and competition in digital markets.