EU lawmakers sent a letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal to U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick opposing claims the EU is using digital competition laws, such as the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act, to unfairly target U.S. tech companies. Lawmakers claimed other U.S. technology companies have asked EU regulators to investigate Big Tech firms under their regulations. For example, they said privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo signed a letter to EU officials requesting an investigation for potential DMA violations.
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Ireland's government approved a recommendation from Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke to adopt a "distributed model of implementation" for the EU AI Act. Per the recommendation, the government initially designates eight public bodies to oversee the implementation and enforcement of the AI Act within their respective sectoral jurisdiction. The authorities include the Central Bank of Ireland and the Data Protection Commission.
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South Korea Personal Information Protection Commission Chairman Koh Hak-soo held an "Artificial Intelligence and Data Industry Roundtable" with the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry 6 March. The meeting focused on how to secure domestic AI and data industry competitiveness. Hak-soo said the PIPC's priorities are to support AI development and further clarify South Korea's "principle-based personal information regulatory system" to promote regulatory certainty for businesses.
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Spain's data protection authority, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, recently noted "streamlined AI systems can not only strengthen compliance with data protection laws, but also deliver better outcomes," if privacy is a major focus for developers, Hogan Lovells Associate Joanna Rozanska, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, writes. Rozanska highlights an AEPD experiment that examined both a single neuron network and a multi-neuron network to test how the model choice can "significantly impact both AI accuracy and compliance with (EU General Data Protection Regulation) principles."
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A U.K. bill originally geared toward protecting children from addictive algorithms has been altered to instead commit government resources to researching the issue, the Guardian reports. The original Safer Phones Bill would have required social media sites to only allow children ages 16 and up to access content and have the government review if additional safeguards should be placed on their phones.
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U.S. law enforcement charged 12 suspects, including two Chinese officials, in connection with cyberattacks that targeted government agencies, state government offices and other U.S. organizations, Axios reports. Officials believed the hackers worked for threat group Silk Typhoon, or I-Soon, a cybercrime organization that allows individuals to hire hackers to launch extensive data breaches.
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The Netherlands' data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, opened a public consultation on developing tools to enable meaningful human control over algorithmic decision-making systems. The deadline for stakeholder comments is 6 April.
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Latvia's Data State Inspectorate created a list of activities that do not need a data protection impact assessment. The list includes member and donor data by associations and foundations, data kept within Latvia if it does not require handling biometric or genetic data and patient health data not transferred to third countries.
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is expected to vote on an initiative that will allow the agency to seek alternatives to GPS due to concerns around potential system tracking or breaches, Reuters reports. FCC Chair Brendan Carr said the agency must find other alternatives as disruptions to GPS "have the potential to undermine the nation’s economic and national security. And the risks to our current system are only increasing."
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The U.S. Cyber Command's mandated pause of cybersecurity operations against Russia reflects the impacts of the renewed diplomatic ties between the two countries, Axios reports. IANS Research Faculty Member Jake Williams said, though the alleged order only applies to the Cyber Command, "every intelligence asset is a potential jumping off point for an offensive cyber operation."
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