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TeachPrivacy
2 months ago
Privacy professionals

Sensitive Data Guide

Sensitive data requires special protections under GDPR and U.S. state privacy laws
Professor Solove argues that sensitive data is challenging to manage in the age of AI [ more ]
Theregister
2 months ago
Privacy professionals

White House proposes banning sale of personal data to China

Preventing the sale or transfer of sensitive data to adversarial countries like China and Russia
Categories of data included in the proposed data-transfer ban and the enforcement by the US Justice Department. [ more ]
BleepingComputer
3 months ago
Privacy professionals

Data breaches at Viamedis and Almerys impact 33 million in France

Over 33 million people in France have been impacted by data breaches at healthcare payment service providers Viamedis and Almerys.
The breaches exposed sensitive data such as names, dates of birth, insurer details, social security numbers, marital status, civil status, and guarantees open to third-party payment. [ more ]
moredata-protection
Theregister
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

No more American data for hostile nations, says Congress

The Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 passed the House with unanimous support.
The bill prohibits data brokers from selling Americans' data to specific foreign adversaries. [ more ]
TechCrunch
2 months ago
Privacy professionals

Europe eyes LinkedIn's use of data for ad targeting in latest DSA ask | TechCrunch

EU requests information from LinkedIn regarding ad targeting practices under the Digital Services Act (DSA)
Concerns raised over LinkedIn's use of sensitive data for ad targeting under EU law [ more ]
Nextgov.com
2 months ago
Privacy professionals

House panel to weigh bill barring data brokers from making transfers to foreign rivals

Legislation introduced penalizing data brokers transferring data to foreign adversaries like China
FTC may have authority to penalize data brokers selling information to foreign adversaries [ more ]
AdExchanger
5 months ago
Privacy professionals

Regulation Isn't Enough To Protect Personal Data | AdExchanger

Privacy laws are becoming stricter worldwide, particularly regarding sensitive data categories.
Europe has banned targeted online advertising based on sensitive data categories.
Empowering users with control over the types of ads they see may be more beneficial than strict categorization of sensitive data. [ more ]
euronews
6 months ago
Privacy professionals

European leaders at risk of blackmail and hacking due to data sharing

Real-Time Bidding (RTB), an online advertising technology, is distributing sensitive data about EU leaders and personnel, leaving them vulnerable.
The ICCL report highlights the potential for foreign states and non-state actors to use RTB to spy on individuals and gather compromising information.
Surveillance technologies like PATTERNZ use RTB data in their products. [ more ]
Iapp
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

The AI Act's debiasing exception to the GDPR

The European Parliament is expected to vote on the Artificial Intelligence Act in spring.
The AI Act includes a debiasing exception to the ban on using sensitive data under the General Data Protection Regulation. [ more ]
InfoQ
3 months ago
EU data protection

LSEG Cloud Lessons Learned: After Nearly a Decade of Being Cloud-First, What Have We Learned?

Sensitive data on the cloud poses challenges for organizations.
The Cloud Data Management Capabilities standard was created through collaboration between industry organizations. [ more ]
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