CNIL has fined SAF Logistics, an air freight company, for collecting excessive data concerning employees private lives whilst recruiting internally.  Infringements were also found regarding non compliance with processing sensitive data, data in relation to offenses and a lack of cooperation with the CNIL itself.  A fine of 200 000 EUROS was imposed on the SAF Logistics. Click here for more details.

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As new types of working and working from home take hold, combined with the use of increasingly more sophisticated technologies for monitoring, the UK’s ICO has updated its guidance on employee monitoring. “Monitoring workers” is defined by the ICO as any form of monitoring of people who carry out work on an organisations behalf.  It declares that workers expect higher degrees of privacy at home or outside the workplace and associated Data Protection Impact Assessments should reflect this. Click here for more details. 

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As IAPP reports with reference to the Wall Street Journal, “Meta proposed charging EU users for ad-free services to address alleged EU General Data Protection Regulation violations concerning personalized advertising. Meta made the pitch to EU privacy and competition regulators, putting individual and bundle fees on ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram. Before the pitch, Meta considered offering EU users an opt-in consent mechanism for receiving targeted ads”. Click here for more details.

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IAPP has now launched an AI Governance Professional (AIGP) training. According to them, “there is an urgent need to scale and professionalize the workforce that will be tasked with the practical application of AI governance. A professional AI governance workforce can navigate the sociotechnical challenges raised by AI systems to ensure AI is developed, integrated and deployed in line with emerging AI laws and policies. Beyond mitigating risks, professionalization of AI governance will build the trust and safety to ensure AI fulfills its potential to serve society in positive and productive ways”.

IAPP has already published the AIGP Body of Knowledge and Candidate Handbook, with the certification opportunities coming soon in Q1 2024. Click here for more details.