October 2022 highlights for data privacy:

- Battle between the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and a data broker over whether the FTC has authority over its practices

- U.S. Government orders federal agencies to push NIST Guideline compliance throughout the software supply chain

- Survey reports 2d quarter jump in data breaches

- France fines Clearview over facial recognition

- A Dutch Court awards a fired employee damages from the employer’s webcam rules

- EU acts to harmonize procedural laws to aid GDPR enforcement

- Biden Administration issues Executive Order at third attempt at a safe harbor approach to allow data transfers between U.S. and EU

- First conviction of a company security chief arising from data breach response

- White House issues Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights.

Whew! A lot happening. Tune in for the meaning and implications of these events.

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