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The executive order features wide-ranging guidance on maintaining safety, civil rights and privacy within government agencies while promoting AI innovation and competition throughout the U.S. Although the executive order doesn't specify generative artificial intelligence, it was likely issued in reaction to the proliferation of generative AI, which has become a hot topic since the public release of OpenAI's ChatGPT in November 2022. Any company developing " any foundation model that poses a serious risk to national security, national economic security, or national public health and safety " must keep the U.S. government informed of their training and red team safety tests, the executive order states.

Younger consumers are taking deliberate action to protect their privacy, as 42% of consumers aged 18-24 exercise their Data Subject Access Rights, compared with just 6% for consumers 75 and older, according to Cisco. Younger consumers are the most willing to take action to protect their privacy.

Australian organisations are showing varying levels of preparedness when it comes to data privacy, with Maddocks partner Sonia Sharma saying they need to get ahead of legislative change because the conversation has already moved from the "Parliament to the pub." Organisations urged to act ahead of Privacy Act reforms.

3) The regulatory focus overlooks the potential for business leaders and privacy leaders to leverage privacy as both a market differentiator and a competitive edge. Why is this important? When business and privacy leaders focus on privacy as a compliance issue, they run the risk of not understanding the true impact their privacy activities have on the extended stakeholder community, including the broader economy, the environment and the society in which they operate.

A privacy panel within the US government today narrowly recommended that Congress reauthorize the Feds' Section 702 spying powers - but with some stronger protections for US citizens only. The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board voted 3-2 on party lines to support all 19 recommendations in the Section 702 report, including one that would tighten rules on FBI agents to get approval from the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to review Americans' electronic communications.

The URLs needed to share chat histories have been indexed. Of course Google's Bard chatbot is currently being re-educated to better understand privacy.…

The data privacy landscape is complicated and constantly evolving, especially for enterprises operating in multiple countries. How do you balance the need for robust data analytics and customer personalization with the ethical and legal responsibilities of data privacy?

The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined TikTok €345 million for violating the privacy of children between the ages of 13 and 17 while processing their data. Initiated in September 2021, the investigation into the company's data processing practices looked into how TikTok handled children's data from July 31 to December 31, 2020.

Google has agreed to pay $93 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. state of California over allegations that the company's location-privacy practices misled consumers and violated consumer protection laws. "Our investigation revealed that Google was telling its users one thing - that it would no longer track their location once they opted out - but doing the opposite and continuing to track its users' movements for its own commercial gain," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said.

Organizations are optimistic about AI, but AI adoption requires attention to privacy and security, productivity, and training, according to GitLab. "According to the GitLab Global DevSecOps Report, only 25% of developers' time is spent on code generation, but the data shows AI can boost productivity and collaboration in nearly 60% of developers' day-to-day work. To realize AI's full potential, it needs to be embedded across the software development lifecycle, allowing everyone involved in delivering secure software, not just developers, to benefit from the efficiency boost."