Amendments to New Zealand's Privacy Act 2020 received Royal Assent Monday after clearing Parliament last week.
Kmart Australia is "reviewing its options" to appeal a finding by the Australian Privacy Commissioner that its "limited trial" of facial recognition technology breached the country's privacy law, a spokesperson emailed us late Thursday (see Ref:2509180023]).
The Australian eSafety Commissioner published regulatory guidance Tuesday to help social media companies comply with the country's new minimum age law requirements, which take effect Dec. 10.
Australia published six industry-developed codes to protect children from harmful and age-inappropriate content and "represent a significant lift of the industry’s responsibilities under Australia’s Online Safety Act," eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said Tuesday.
An Australian government review of age-assurance technology shows that it "works, that it can be privacy-preserving and that it is mature enough to give policymakers real confidence," the Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA) said Monday.
Malaysia's Personal Data Protection Department wants feedback on proposed amendments to the country's personal data protection regulations, including higher penalties for violations, it announced Monday.
New Zealand agencies must comply with New Zealand data protection laws, not those from overseas, Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster said in a statement Friday.
Australian telco Optus is reviewing privacy breach allegations the Australian Information Commissioner (AIC) made and will respond "in due course," a spokesperson emailed us Friday.
The New Zealand Office of the Privacy Commissioner Wednesday issued a biometric processing privacy code that attempts to balance responsible use of biometrics but also restricts intrusive forms of biometric technologies, such as those used to predict people's emotions to infer information like ethnicity or sex.
Asian AI developers looking to do business in the U.S., EU or U.K. face several key compliance challenges, Finnegan lawyers said Wednesday at the law firm's webinar.