Here are key highlights from January 2025 detailing global news and regulatory updates.
US & Canada
- Alberta updates its public sector access and privacy legislation, establishing rules about de-identification that explicitly address synthetic data
- California attorney general reminds businesses and healthcare entities developing or using AI of their obligations under state law and provides an overview of existing laws that may apply
- Canada’s proposed Bill C-27 faces an uncertain future following the resignation of Canada’s prime minister as party leader
- US current president revokes executive order that aimed to mitigate AI risk, with some supporters of the move arguing the executive order was onerous and forced companies to disclose trade secrets
EMEA
- EU Council of the European Union adopts regulation establishing the European Health Data Space (EHDS) to improve individual access to health data and enable reuse of certain health data for research and innovation
- EU European Commission presents action plan to reinforce cybersecurity of hospitals and healthcare providers
- EU European Data Protection Board (EDPB) publishes draft guidelines on pseudonymization, including a discussion of how pseudonymization can reduce legal risks
- EU European General Court ruling clarifies that the EDPB can oblige supervisory authorities in the EU to further explore GDPR violations
- Kenya presents draft AI strategy that includes a comprehensive framework for the development of AI
- Spanish ministry for digital transformation releases guidance on privacy enhancing technologies (PETs), exploring what they are and how they work
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APAC
- Asia’s Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) issues introductory guide to anonymization of personal data, primarily targeting governments and industry associations that process personal data
- India holds public consultation on draft rules to operationalize the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), which was finalized in August 2023
LATAM
- Argentina approves cybersecurity and cybercrime prevention plan, which seeks to promote security of information technologies
Global
- Data protection and privacy laws now enacted in 144 countries around the globe, with new privacy laws in 2024 in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Malawi, the Republic of Moldova, and the Vatican City