Lars Lensdorf, Dr. Dr. Adem Koyuncu, and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses of Covington and Burling write: Digital health apps are increasingly used in practice. They raise various questions under regulatory and data protection and data security laws. On November 6, 2023, the German Conference of the Independent Data Protection Supervisory Authorities (Datenschutzkonferenz, DSK), a national body…
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Annual Report of Information and Privacy Commissioner Tabled in Alberta Legislature
November 28, 2023 EDMONTON – The 2022-2023 Annual Report of the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) of Alberta was tabled today by the Speaker of the Alberta Legislative Assembly. This is the first annual report reflecting the work of the office under the tenure of Commissioner Diane McLeod, who began her five-year…
Italy’s privacy regulator looks into online data gathering to train AI
Reuters reports: Italy’s data protection authority has kicked-off a fact-finding investigation into the practice of gathering large amounts of personal data online for use in training artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, the regulator said on Wednesday. The watchdog is one of the most proactive of the 31 national data protection authorities in assessing AI platform compliance…
Tech firm Palantir rejects concerns over role in NHS data platform plans
PA News Agency reports that although the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) is intended to facilitate organisations coordinating care and providing better patient services, concerns have been raised by MPs about how patient data will be used and Palantir’s involvement in the deal. Palantir secured a £330 million contract to provide the shared software system….