The Parliament of the United Kingdom approved new and controversial legislation governing the supervision and control of websites and their content, primarily social networks such as Meta (formerly Facebook), TikTok, and content sites such as YouTube. The declared purpose of the legislation is to “make Britain the safest place in the online world, especially for children”, according to one of ...
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) found that TikTok Technology Limited (TTL) violated the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The violation arises from TikTok’s deficient protection of children’s privacy. As a result of these findings, the DPC imposed a hefty fine of 345 million Euros on TikTok for these violations and ordered the company to modify its data processing practices ...
A federal district court in San Jose, California, issued a temporary restraining order suspending the entry into force of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“CAADCA”). The law is considered the most significant piece of legislation in the United States since the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). It requires businesses to implement significant privacy protection measures ...
The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority issued new draft guidance outlining specific obligations for corporations processing personal data, to ensure compliance with the Israeli Privacy Protection Law and associated regulations. This draft guidance primarily applies to corporations that engage in significant processing of personal information, or those posing a significant risk to privacy due to their organizational nature, the sensitivity of ...
European countries are swiftly establishing regulatory standards for AI, to reduce risks arising from artificial intelligence (AI) while fostering technological innovation. Spain recently unveiled the Spanish Agency for the Supervision of Artificial Intelligence (AESIA), marking the EU’s first AI regulatory body. At the same time, Germany announced a substantial AI Action Plan, with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research ...
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) has published a preliminary draft of regulations regarding cybersecurity audit and risk assessment that also applies to automated decision-making technologies.
The applicability of the regulations regarding security audits is still open for discussion. The initial draft offers different alternatives for the applicability of the regulations to businesses, based on different criteria of the scope ...
The Israeli Ministerial Committee for Legislative Affairs approved a government bill, initiated by Ministers Yariv Levin and Itamar Ben Gvir, to promote and regulate the use of biometric systems in the public space, including by the Israel Police. The draft bill includes far-reaching implications regarding the right to privacy and has attracted significant criticism and opposition.
The biometric systems, which ...
The Israeli government has formed a committee to scrutinize the police’s utilization of spyware, including NSO Group’s Pegasus software. Investigations published last year in the Calcalist newspaper alleged that the police had extensively employed such surveillance tools without proper judicial authorization. An internal review committee within the Ministry of Justice has largely discredited these findings.
The newly established government committee ...
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