#SypherPrivacyTalks - March 2023 - Week 12
by Sypher - March 24, 2023
Welcome to #SypherPrivacyTalks - Your news and article roundup. Bringing you the top privacy & compliance stories of the week.
EDPB launches coordinated enforcement on the role of DPOs
🛡️ The EDPB launched its 2023 Coordinated Enforcement Action, focusing on the critical role of DPOs in ensuring privacy compliance! 👇
Throughout the year, 26 DPAs across Europe will join forces to evaluate DPOs' positions and resources within organisations, according to Art. 37-39 GDPR. This initiative will involve questionnaires, formal investigations, and follow-ups, ultimately leading to a comprehensive report and further targeted actions.
This marks the second initiative under the Coordinated Enforcement Framework (CEF), following the 2022 focus on public sector cloud services… read more
Belgian DPA clarifies “public interest” in vehicle tracking system decision
blogs.dlapiper.com • 4 min read
🚘 The Belgian DPA recently clarified the "public interest" legal basis in the context of a vehicle tracking system used by a public authority. 👇
The Litigation Chamber of the Belgian DPA ruled that the vehicle tracking system was necessary for safeguarding the public interest in preventing fraud and the proper management of public funds. This decision not only sets out the conditions for the use of such systems but also includes interesting interpretations of the GDPR.
☝️ The decision also reminds us that all pre-GDPR compliance documentation should have been updated by now to avoid sanctions… read more
Federated learning: Supporting data minimisation in AI
🤖 Federated learning, a technology introduced by Google in 2016, is gaining traction as a way to support data minimisation in AI. 👇
By training machine learning models on decentralised data sets, federated learning enables ML algorithms to learn from multiple datasets without exchanging raw data, thus minimising shared personal data and enhancing privacy and security.
As the global federated learning market is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 10.5% by 2032, this technology seems to be here to stay… read more
CNIL’s Secretary General rolls out plans for 2023 at DPI France
🎯 CNIL Secretary General Louis Dutheillet de Lamothe shared the regulator's focus areas and upcoming projects. 👇
Mobile apps, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity are set to be key areas of focus in the coming years. De Lamothe also discussed the CNIL's operational challenges and how it's adapting to better accompany organisations through compliance. This includes adjusting their sandbox process and implementing a simplified, nonpublic procedure that will be faster than a standard procedure… read more
A privacy hero’s final wish: An institute to redirect AI’s future
🏆 Peter Eckersley, a pioneer in privacy-preserving technologies, envisioned an AI future focused on human flourishing. His sudden passing led Deger Turan, a friend and AI entrepreneur, to become the president of AOI and carry on Eckersley's work.
🧪 AOI's mission is to tackle the AI “alignment problem,” which sees AI's rapid evolution with goals that may not align with humanity's wellbeing. AOI aims to redirect AI towards objectives that promote human flourishing and prevent AI from amplifying destructive forces like environmental destruction, exploitation, and rampant nationalism.
🚀 The institute is already working on several projects, including “Talk to the City,” a ChatGPT-like interface designed to survey citizens and advocate for their needs in discussions with policymakers and journalists, and “Mindful Mirror,” a personal interactive journal chatbot.
💡 Eckersley's legacy in cybersecurity and privacy is evident in tools like Privacy Badger, HTTPS Everywhere, and Let's Encrypt. Now, AOI will continue his vital work in steering AI's evolution to ensure a better future for humanity… read more
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