Bangladesh is about to get its first major privacy law, the Personal Data Protection Ordinance, which has been passed and is expected to be issued as a notification and then would go into effect in eighteen months. This would align Bangladesh with international privacy standards and be in keeping with other privacy laws in Asia, including India’s which was enacted in 2023.
Apple, which often tries to lead on behalf of user privacy, may have to pull its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) privacy mechanism away from EU users since lobbyists including in Germany and Italy have been contesting the mechanism in favor of allowing app tracking for ads. This is despite GDPR regulations and in favor of mass data collection and use for sales and commerce.
The US BBB Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) has issued guidance on use of AI and particularly generative AI for young people. Concern in this area is growing over children’s exposure and how to assess AI’s impact on them. Young users are at particular risk as they have difficulty distinguishing non-human vs. human interaction, recognizing harmful intent, and guarding against invasion of privacy.
Meta has announced agreements with USA Today, People Inc., and other news publishers to pay for access to their content and link to their articles in its AI chatbot. It’s a sharp contrast to Perplexity, which the Chicago Tribune and New York Times are separately suing for allegedly scraping content and bypassing paywalls. Despite this deal, Meta apparently still opposes compensating publishers for news links in social media posts.