Here are key highlights from December 2023 detailing global news and regulatory updates.
US & Canada
- Canada’s provincial privacy commissioners oppose the proposed creation of a federal privacy tribunal, arguing that this would be a waste of time and money
- Quebec’s draft regulation for the anonymization of personal information is published in the government’s official gazette and is subject to a 45-day consultation period
- US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalizes rule establishing first of its kind transparency requirements for AI and other predictive algorithms that support hospital and office-based physician care
- US HHS settles first-ever phishing cyberattack investigation, one that affected the electronic protected health information of close to 35,000 individuals
- US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launches first-ever enforcement partnerships with state attorneys general, sharing expertise and resources in conducting privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity-related investigations
- US National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) publishes a report summarizing current practices, challenges, and proposed solutions for securing genomic data
EMEA
- EU reaches a deal on the world’s first comprehensive AI legislation, with pressure to finalize the text soon
- EU Council of the European Union members agree to a negotiating stance on the proposed European Health Data Space
- EU Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) clarifies legal grounds for issuing fines, finding that fines should only be given for violations committed “intentionally or negligently”
- EU’s European Data Protection Board (EDPB) publishes a report claiming the application of the GDPR over the last five and a half years has been successful and making no call for revisions to the regulation
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APAC
- South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Committee (PIPC) publishes a guide for the new amendment to the Personal Information Protection Act, which includes a requirement for private entities to participate in dispute resolution