Month: October 2022

iapp.org – Following the cyberattack of Australian telecommunications company, Optus, the Australian government released new consumer privacy rules Oct. 6. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1578203692460900352

iapp.org – Republican members of the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence formed a working group for renewing FISA Section 702. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1578173639970766848

iapp.org – Meta settled a U.S. lawsuit against two companies that scraped data from Facebook and Instagram users. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1578068089178046464

insurancejournal.com – Lloyd’s of London is investigating a possible cyber attack and has taken initial precautions in response, the re/insurance market has confirmed. “Lloyd’s

iapp.org – The European Data Protection Board’s Coordinated Supervision Committee published its biannual activities report for 2020-2022. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1577962364829405187

iapp.org – California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed two bills into law that protect women’s abortion data. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1577705769570533380

iapp.org – U.K. Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Michelle Donelan announced intent to alter the current approach to U.K. GDPR reform. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1577661127047135233

iapp.org – The Biden administration released the first U.S. national artificial intelligence framework Oct. 4. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1577841282260602882

iapp.org – The Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union approved the Digital Services Act. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1577569758496555008

iapp.org – This week, U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order cementing the legal basis for the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1577388659065643013

iapp.org – Several U.S. lawmakers wrote a letter to Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan lauding the agency’s efforts to curb surveillance of children online. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1577358580268900358

iapp.org – Argentina’s data protection authority extended the public consultation on proposed amendments to Law No. 25.326 on the Protection of Personal Data to Oct. 11… Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1577328827524595717

iapp.org – The Ibero-American Data Protection Network released guidance documents for implementing standard contractual clauses for international data transfers. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1577313200550313985

iapp.org – Ireland’s Data Protection Commission submitted a preliminary decision on Facebook’s April 2021 data breach to members of the EDPB under Article 60 of the GDP… Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1577237563571683329

iapp.org – The Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore issued a reminder of the new amendments of the Personal Data Protection Act went into effect Oct. 1. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1577116496593129473

iapp.org – This article discusses the recent laws protecting children’s privacy online by using an “age-appropriate” design, such as California’s new law. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1576950855508566017

blakfx.com – The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a recently disclosed critical flaw impacting Atlassian’s Bitbucket Server and Data Center to the Known Exploited Vulne… Tweeted by @BLAKFXCyber https://twitter.com/BLAKFXCyber/status/1576962704157601793

news.bloomberglaw.com – Insurance brokers Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. and Gallagher Basset Services must face a proposed class action arising from a 2020 ransomware attack and data breach that allegedly exposed the person… Tweeted by @ProductConcerns https://twitter.com/ProductConcerns/status/1577159577665245185

iapp.org – European Parliament co-rapporteurs Dragoş Tudorache and Brando Benifei disseminated two tranches of compromise amendments for the EU AI Act, Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1576875255402225664

iapp.org – The Government of India told the Supreme Court of India that a revised data protection bill will be tabled in Parliament’s Winter Session. Tweeted by @PrivacyPros https://twitter.com/PrivacyPros/status/1576844967489724416