Issue 207

EU & UK

  • Greece’s Hellenic Data Protection Authority imposed a fine of EUR 10,000 on Alpha Bank A.E. for failure to comply with the right to access CCTV footage in violation of the General Data Protection Regulation.
  • UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office published a statement in response to parliamentarians’ letters on facial recognition technology.
  • Polish data protection authority fined the Minister of Health PLN 100,000 for violating the General Data Protection Regulation.

AMERICAS

  • Federal Trade Commission fined Response Tree LLC for USD 7 million, for making telemarketing calls in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
  • Mexico’s National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information, and Personal Data Protection issued a press release warning about the growing risk of identity theft using artificial intelligence and urged citizens to configure privacy settings on social media.
  • Bill S. 31 for an Act drafted with the help of ChatGPT to regulate generative artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT, was introduced to the Massachusetts Senate.
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) published the Space Security: Best Practice Guide.

ASIA PACIFIC

  • Singapore’s Ministry of Health requested public comments on the proposed Health Information Bill.
  • China’s National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee (TC260) requested public comments on the draft Cybersecurity Practice Guidelines – Cybersecurity Assessment Guidelines for Large Internet Platforms.
  • South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission published the Guide to the Revision Personal Information Protection Act and Enforcement Decrees.