OCTOBER 2024 ISSUE NO. 240

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EU & UK
  • EDPS published an opinion on the draft Europol Management Board Decision regarding retention periods for administrative personal data.

  • ICO fined two companies a total of  EUR 150k after bombarding people with spam texts offering financial, and debt services

  • North Rhine-Westphalia’s LDI NRW started an investigation into real estate agency for using drones without consent

  • The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted Guidelines 2/2023 on the Technical Scope of Art. 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive following a public consultation.

  • ESAs published an opinion following the Commission's rejection of DORA implementing technical standards.

   

AMERICAS
  • District Court rejected the dismissal of a lawsuit against Meta for violating COPPA and other harmful practices against children.

  • New York’s NYDFS released guidance on cybersecurity and privacy risks from AI.

  • Federal agencies including the DoJ, Department of State, EEOC, and DoI have published compliance plans detailing their AI governance procedures. 

   

ASIA PACIFIC
  • Securities and Exchange Board of India proposed a new data-sharing policy for intermediaries, MIIs, to facilitate ease-of-doing business and data privacy.

  • Singapore’s CSA published an updated version of data privacy standards for mobile apps called the ‘Safe App Standard 2.0’

  • ACMA fined Commonwealth Bank of Australia AUD 7.5M for sending unsolicited direct marketing emails.

   
   

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