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Privacy World Week in Review

By Kristin Bryan on August 12, 2024

Posted in "ANPD" Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (Brazilian Data Protection Agency), "LGPD" Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais (Brazilian General Data Protection Law), Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA), Asia Pacific, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), Brazil, Compliance, DPO, EU, European Commission (EC), France, French National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL), Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), US

In case you missed it, below are recent posts from Privacy World covering the latest developments on data privacy, security and innovation. Please reach out to the authors if you are interested in additional information.Continue Reading Privacy World Week in Review

FCC Fines National Mobile Providers for Sharing Customer Location Information: What Are the Lessons and What to Expect in this New Era of FCC Mobile Data Privacy Oversight

By Eduardo Guzmán on May 6, 2024

Posted in Compliance, Data Retention, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, General, Telecommunications, US

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently issued four orders imposing $196 million in fines against the three largest national mobile services providers in the United States (i.e., AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon) and Sprint, who merged with T-Mobile in 2020 (the “Mobile Providers”).^[1] The FCC fined them for sharing customer location information with third parties without prior customer consent and then failing to take reasonable measures to protect that information against unauthorized disclosure. Although AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon suspended in 2019 the specific programs that gave rise to the fines, the Forfeiture Orders stand as the definitive guidance from the FCC on the treatment of customer location information under Section 222 of the Communications Act and the FCC’s rules regulating access to “customer proprietary network information” or “CPNI.” They also provide a window into upcoming debates and possible additional FCC actions.Continue Reading FCC Fines National Mobile Providers for Sharing Customer Location Information: What Are the Lessons and What to Expect in this New Era of FCC Mobile Data Privacy Oversight

Congress Could Disrupt Prevailing State Law Approach to Online Ads

By Alan Friel & Kyle Fath on May 2, 2024

Posted in American Privacy Rights Act, Compliance, US

The recently released discussion draft of the American Privacy Rights Act rejects the opt-out approach to targeted advertising in 17 state consumer privacy laws, and instead requires express affirmative opt-in consent for tailoring online ads based on a specific viewer’s interests and activities, akin to the prevailing European approach. In a guest post published earlier…

Heavyweight Fight, Did the US or EU KO the AI Treaty?

By Andrea Otaola, Claire Murphy, Sasha Kiosse, Julia Jacobson & Charles Helleputte on April 17, 2024

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, EU, US

1. Introduction

The Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law has been concluded by the Council of Europe (CoE) Committee on Artificial Intelligence on March 24, 2024, finally landing a decisive blow with a provisional agreement on the text of a treaty on artificial intelligence and human rights (Treaty).

This Treaty is the first of its kind and aims to establish basic rules to govern AI that safeguard human rights, democratic values and the rule of law among nations. As a CoE treaty, it is open for ratification by countries worldwide. It is worth noting that in this epic battlefield, apart from the CoE members in one corner of the global arena, on the opposite corner, representing various nations like the US, the UK, Canada and Japan, we have the observers, eyeing the proceedings, ready to pounce with their influence. Although lacking voting rights, their mere presence sends shockwaves through the negotiating ring, influencing the very essence of the Treaty.Continue Reading Heavyweight Fight, Did the US or EU KO the AI Treaty?