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[…] to clarify when and how PETs should be deployed in different scenarios to ensure compliance with privacy laws; and providing tailored advice to lawmakers that wish to promote the use of PETs for the pursuit of public interest tasks and the responsible use of data.  On this note, Gilad Semama noted that PETs seem […]

[…] is going on in youth & education privacy today…What’s one thing that you are optimistic or encouraged about? I am encouraged by the move to age-appropriate design codes in some jurisdictions since it should lead to more products mapping better to the expectations of parents, educators, and children. What’s one thing that you are […]

[…] 8 , 2016 . 29 In the draft statement 30 explaining its reasons, the EU Council stated it had strengthened the accountability of controllers and processors to promote a real data protection culture, and introduced throughout the Regulation a risk – based approach, allowing for the modulation of th e obligations imposed on controllers […]

[…] some jurisdictions have introduced legislation that would prescribe specic technical design standards for web services frequented by children. The UK and Ireland have already adopted age-appropriate design codes and related guidance. California is also considering the rst age-appropriate design proposal at the US state level. Two additional federal child privacy bills take a dierent […]

[…] risks’ (which trigger a set of stringent obligations, including conducting a CA), ‘limited risks’ (with associated transparency obligations), to ‘minimal risks’ (where stakeholders are encouraged to build codes of conduct). The draft AIA is being introduced in an already existing system of laws that regulate products and services intended to be placed on the […]

[…] has become an influential regulatory trend in many jurisdictions. 1 Policymakers across the world have leveraged open banking tools to accomplish a wide range of goals, from promoting competition in the banking sector to facilitating innovation in financial technology services. Open banking also aims to boost financial inclusion in many countries, create new business […]

[…] the disclosure of personal data held by certain regulated entities (e.g., providers of financial services, medical practitioners), the PDP Commissioner has approved and registered seven Personal Data Codes of Practice, which provide more detailed requirements for entities in certain sectors to comply with the PDPA. These sectors include: insurance and takaful;  banking and finance;  […]

[…] the Act. The Act also empowers the Commissioner to, firstly, investigate complaints regarding entities’ privacy practices, resolve disputes, and issue binding compliance notices, and secondly, issue binding codes of practice in relation to specific sectors or classes of personal information.  In 2012, New Zealand also became one of the few jurisdictions in APAC that […]

[…] of the sale of personal information and to request that businesses limit certain uses of sensitive data, including information concerning sex life or sexual orientation. 15 The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, passed in 2021, requires affirmative consent for collection of sexual orientation data. Three other states, Colorado, Utah, and Connecticut, have since passed […]