With more devices and systems having an internet connection, informing consumers about data risks and safety precautions is vital, privacy experts said during a webinar about privacy and cyber safety of internet-connected devices and systems, known as the Internet of Things (IoT).
Ever-increasing data protection requirements around the world are keeping privacy professionals on the edge of their seats, said officials from Stripe, HP and Bank of America during a BigID compliance webinar Thursday.
The FCC’s new Council for National Security will focus on China, cybersecurity and emerging technologies like AI, Chairman Brendan Carr announced Thursday.
LONDON -- The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office is intensively engaged in the hot privacy issues of biometrics and web scraping, Regulatory Risk Executive Director Stephen Almond said at Thursday's IAPP Data Protection Intensive conference.
TechNet named Robert Boykin executive director for California and the Southwest region, the association announced Wednesday. He previously worked as a legislative advocate at the California Association of Health Plans, government relations manager for Argo AI and chief of staff to California Assemblymember Jose Medina (D).
The Department of Homeland Security is terminating its data privacy, AI and cyber advisory boards in response to an executive order from President Donald Trump, DHS announced Wednesday.
LONDON -- How companies handle people's "digital remains" is one of the most pressing privacy issues of this century, Carl Ohman, Uppsala University (Sweden) political science professor, said Wednesday at the IAPP Data Protection Intensive UK conference.
Texas privacy enforcement is heating up this year, said Morrison Foerster lawyers in a blog post Tuesday. AG Ken Paxton (R) “is intensifying efforts to enforce state privacy laws, indicating increased scrutiny for companies,” they said.
Privacy attorneys at Parker Poe predicted more state privacy rulemakings this year in a blog post Monday. “In 2025 we will likely see a higher volume of state regulators initiating rulemakings as a federal privacy law remains evasive and federal agency activity remains unclear.”
Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark (D) pressed her case for including a private right of action (PRA) in a proposed comprehensive state privacy law (S-71) at a Senate Institutions Committee hearing livestreamed Tuesday. However, a Republican committee member and the Vermont Chamber of Commerce pushed back against allowing individuals to sue. The Chamber witnesses urged lawmakers to instead pass a rival bill (S-93) to more closely align Vermont with privacy laws in other New England states.