AI is reshaping the jobs of data protection officers, former U.K. Labour Party DPO James Robson said Wednesday at a webinar hosted by Sypher, a privacy management technology company based in Romania.
Majorities of U.S. and Australian parents back social media bans for children younger than 16, but kids fear losing friendship and support connections, the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) said Tuesday. Australia's under-16 social media ban takes effect Wednesday (see 2510100005).
The U.S. should oppose continuing efforts by the U.K. government to force Apple to build a backdoor into its cloud storage service, ACT | The App Association said Monday.
Children's privacy rights are a key focus of the Global Privacy Assembly (GPA), newly elected Chair Philippe Dufresne said Wednesday during a streamed Future of Privacy Forum discussion. Much of the assembly's work has centered on the best interests of children, including topics such as the challenges of social media, targeted ads and exposure to privacy breaches, he said.
Nearly five-dozen organizations from around the world Monday penned a letter urging governments to protect encryption as a foundation of the digital economy. The governments should support encryption as a "vital enabler of digital trust and economic prosperity."
The European Commission, Australian eSafety Commissioner and U.K. Office of Communications will collaborate to boost child safety on digital platforms, they announced Friday.
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) backed the European Commission's plans to grant Brazil an adequacy decision to allow data flows but urged the EC to address "a few remaining points," it said Wednesday in an email.
More than 30 data privacy regulators this week will examine websites and apps for potential children’s privacy violations, regulators said in posts Monday.
The Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) Forum added the Dubai International Financial Centre as a full member, bringing the number of participants to 10 members and four associates, the forum said Friday.
An updated International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard for managing privacy compliance programs published this month "could be a good fit for multinational organizations looking to create a unified privacy management framework," Birdie Data Protection Officer Henry Davies said in an IAPP analysis Tuesday.