US lawmakers unveil a plan to give all Americans a right to online privacy
If it succeeds, the proposal could establish the US equivalent of the European Union’s landmark privacy law known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Here’s how we should use facial recognition ethically
Cynthia Rudin, a professor of computer science at Duke, discusses the ease and risks of facial recognition technology.
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Your company probably knows you’re reading this story at work
“Monitoring employee communications isn’t new, but the growing sophistication of the analysis that’s possible with ongoing advances in AI is,” said David Johnson, a principal analyst at Forrester Research.
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US looks at regulating connected vehicles to prevent abusers from tracking victims
The FCC is considering a rule that could stop domestic abusers from tracking victims through vehicles that are connected wirelessly.
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Tom Snyder: Your data is the product. Will you pay to keep it private?
Over the last 10 years, my team at RIoT and I have interfaced with more that 3,000 companies that are engaging in the data economy. While those companies serve a myriad of industries with a diversity of technologies and solutions, there are a limited number of core themes that...
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‘Peace of mind’ & search: Google updates privacy policy to allow you to remove some results
Google unveiled new privacy updates this week that lets US users have a wee bit more control over the search results that pop up about themselves online.
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Private taxpayer data shared with Google and Meta, according to congressional report
The report highlights what legal experts described to CNN as a “five-alarm fire” for taxpayer privacy that could lead to government and private lawsuits, criminal penalties or perhaps even a “mortal blow” for some industry giants.
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New data privacy framework receives approval from EU
The European Union signed off Monday on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease European concerns about electronic spying by American intelligence agencies.
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Virtual reality & your data: Be warned, security is lacking across emerging tech
Like with AI, there are concerns. VR has been less talked about but brings its own issues with security and privacy. And unlike other online platforms, privacy and security tools have yet to be widely developed for VR tech. Let’s talk.
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