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fromWIRED
15 hours ago

What Does Palantir Actually Do?

Many people mistakenly perceive Palantir as a data broker or miner, working with government agencies, whereas, in reality, it does neither of these things.
Privacy technologies
#surveillance
fromTheregister
2 days ago

Dead need right to delete their data against AI, lawyer says

Generative AI can recreate the digital presence of deceased individuals, raising concerns over digital remains and the need for legal protections.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 days ago

Opinion: White House wants to win global AI war troublingly, by any means necessary

America's AI Action Plan emphasizes deregulation and competition over ethical governance.
#artificial-intelligence
fromHackernoon
3 years ago
Artificial intelligence

15 Core Ideas Shaping the Future of AI-and Why They Matter Today | HackerNoon

fromHackernoon
3 years ago
Artificial intelligence

15 Core Ideas Shaping the Future of AI-and Why They Matter Today | HackerNoon

frominnovation.consumerreports.org
4 days ago

A Jury Verdict Against Meta & A Call to Delete Your Data with Flo

Reproductive healthcare data is some of the most sensitive data that exists, revealing intimate details about an individual's health and lifestyle.
Privacy professionals
fromHackernoon
4 years ago

Building with Midnight: Privacy for Devs, Not Just Suits | HackerNoon

Blockchain's transparency strengthens trust but limits mass adoption due to lack of data privacy.
#cybersecurity
fromFuturism
4 days ago
Privacy technologies

It's Staggeringly Easy for Hackers to Trick ChatGPT Into Leaking Your Most Personal Data

fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago
Mobile UX

Chinese authorities are using a new tool to hack seized phones and extract data | TechCrunch

fromFuturism
4 days ago
Privacy technologies

It's Staggeringly Easy for Hackers to Trick ChatGPT Into Leaking Your Most Personal Data

fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago
Mobile UX

Chinese authorities are using a new tool to hack seized phones and extract data | TechCrunch

fromZDNET
4 days ago

How to disable ACR on your TV - and why it makes such a big difference doing so

These days, most popular TV models utilize automatic content recognition (ACR), a form of ad surveillance technology that gathers information about everything you watch and transmits it to a centralized database.
Privacy professionals
#ai-security
fromWIRED
4 days ago
Privacy professionals

A Single Poisoned Document Could Leak 'Secret' Data Via ChatGPT

fromWIRED
4 days ago
Privacy professionals

A Single Poisoned Document Could Leak 'Secret' Data Via ChatGPT

fromTechCrunch
5 days ago

Tavily raises $25M to connect AI agents to the web | TechCrunch

AI agents are being implemented across various industries to automate tasks, particularly in finance for fraud detection and in sales for gathering customer data and insights.
Artificial intelligence
#ai
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago
Privacy technologies

For privacy and security, think twice before granting AI access to your personal data | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Mistral's Le Chat chatbot gets a productivity push with new 'deep research' mode | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago
Privacy technologies

For privacy and security, think twice before granting AI access to your personal data | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Mistral's Le Chat chatbot gets a productivity push with new 'deep research' mode | TechCrunch

Privacy professionals
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

A million calls an hour': Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians

Microsoft Azure collaborates with Israel's Unit 8200 to store extensive surveillance data on Palestinian communications.
fromExchangewire
6 days ago

Piwik PRO Launches New Pricing Model to Deliver Scalable Features and Maximum Value

Piwik PRO introduces a new pricing model with enhanced value and privacy compliance beginning August 4, 2025.
fromFast Company
6 days ago

Online scam uses fake ICE raids at Target and Walmart to steal personal data

Viral videos featuring claims of employees being fired or deported by ICE are spreading fake narratives. These clips aim to exploit user fears around immigration.
Privacy professionals
#digital-rights
E-Commerce
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Backlash to Delta's AI pricing shows the tightrope companies walk when it comes to AI

Delta's AI fare-setting approach has sparked significant consumer backlash despite assurances of not using individual-based pricing.
Privacy professionals
fromZDNET
1 week ago

Is your Roku TV spying on you? It's possible, but here's how to put a stop to it

Streaming devices track viewer preferences, requiring users to take steps to protect their privacy.
fromTruthout
2 weeks ago

States Pass Neural Privacy Laws to Protect Brain Data Collected by Devices

Neurotechnology and AI threaten human identity and autonomy, prompting states to enforce protections for brain data.
fromInc
2 weeks ago

This Startup's Business Model? An Invite-Only Product in a $1.2 Billion Market

The timing of this debate is fortuitous for Contra, a new event platform that is targeting influential brands and people by positioning itself as the Raya of electronic invitation companies.
Mobile UX
fromPortland Mercury
2 weeks ago

Portland-area Nurseries May Be Killing Trees w AI

Portland nursery undermines environmental mission by utilizing resource-intensive AI surveillance technology.
Privacy technologies
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Think your ChatGPT therapy sessions are private? Think again.

AI chatbots like ChatGPT may not provide the same privacy protections as traditional therapists, potentially exposing user data in legal situations.
fromNextgov.com
2 weeks ago

Knowledge nation and security at risk

The steady acquisition by publishers of tools used by academic institutions for evaluations and hiring decisions leads to the consolidation of sensitive data about American researchers.
Intellectual property law
fromMarTech
2 weeks ago

Privacy is the new currency in digital marketing | MarTech

The old model of behind-the-scenes tracking is running out of road. Consent-driven interaction is taking its place, with trust and transparency becoming brand assets.
Privacy professionals
Privacy technologies
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Companies use this sneaky pricing trick to overcharge you. One lawmaker wants it banned

Surveillance pricing adjusts consumer prices based on personal data, prompting new legislation to curb this practice.
US politics
fromwww.cnbc.com
2 weeks ago

Commerce Sec. Lutnick says TikTok will go dark if China won't agree to U.S. control of the social media app

TikTok will be banned in the U.S. unless China grants more control to American authorities.
Privacy technologies
fromExchangewire
2 weeks ago

Axeptio Expands European Presence with the Acquisition of CookieCode in the Netherlands

Axeptio has acquired CookieCode to enhance its consent management solutions and expand its European presence.
fromFlowingData
2 weeks ago

Facial recognition app linked with government data

Mobile Fortify takes someone's identity and then burrows into DHS's and other agencies' databases to surface much more information about the person than tools like Clearview AI.
Privacy professionals
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 weeks ago

WhatsApp is refused right to intervene in Apple legal action on encryption 'backdoors' | Computer Weekly

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal will hear five legal challenges regarding a secret Home Office order requiring Apple to grant access to encrypted iCloud data.
Privacy professionals
Privacy professionals
fromTechRadar
2 weeks ago

I am a privacy expert and this is why I believe user personalization is the future of privacy

Personalized marketing raises privacy concerns and necessitates strategic approaches to build consumer trust.
fromHackernoon
3 years ago

From Federated Learning to Local AI: The Risks and Opportunities of Solving the Data Challenge | HackerNoon

Federated learning is a distributed (decentralized) ML technique that enables training models by moving the training process to where the data is, instead of collecting and moving the data to the central server.
Privacy technologies
Philosophy
fromApaonline
2 weeks ago

Roe v Road: Freedom of Movement and the Future of Automated Travel

In states like Georgia, women can be kept on life support against their wishes to deliver fetuses due to restrictive abortion laws.
fromMail Online
2 weeks ago

Experts issue 'spying' warning over apps that access location and more

Consumer apps like Facebook and Instagram request excessive access to user personal data, often compromising privacy.
fromEater LA
3 weeks ago

The Tesla Diner Will Track When Guests Are Nearby to Prepare Their Orders

Elon Musk’s Los Angeles Tesla diner will introduce an innovative ordering system that detects nearby Tesla drivers, allowing them to place orders in advance without scheduling pickup times.
Privacy technologies
fromTheregister
3 weeks ago

X tells the French police 'non' to algorithm data demands

French authorities have launched a politically-motivated criminal investigation into X over the alleged manipulation of its algorithm and alleged 'fraudulent data extraction.' X categorically denies these allegations.
Privacy professionals
#medicaid
fromInsideHook
3 weeks ago

Multiple Cities Across the Country Are Resisting Rent Algorithms

Algorithmically generated pricing is being challenged in rental markets as cities implement measures to prohibit such practices.
fromArs Technica
3 weeks ago

Researcher threatens X with lawsuit after falsely linking him to French probe

X is under investigation by French authorities for alleged data tampering and fraud, amid concerns about impartiality and bias in the inquiry.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

UK may back down on demand for backdoor access to Apple users' encrypted data

UK government may reconsider demanding Apple provide backdoor access to encrypted data due to pressure from Washington.
E-Commerce
fromRetail Dive
3 weeks ago

Commerce media has emerged - what brands and platforms need to know

Commerce media is expanding beyond retail to various sectors, enhancing targeting and optimization for brands.
fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago

UK wants to weasel out of demand for Apple encryption back door

The UK government is backing down from demands for back door access to iCloud encryption due to US pressure.
#reproductive-rights
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

We got upset, then we got angry': the couple who took on one of the UK's biggest cold-call scams

Cold calls linked to personal injury claims threatened a family business, leading to a major investigation and eventual convictions in a nuisance call operation.
fromWIRED
3 weeks ago

ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data

ICE gains access to sensitive medical data of 80 million Medicaid patients to locate undocumented immigrants.
#immigration
Privacy professionals
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 weeks ago

Remember Cambridge Analytica? What to know about the $8B US lawsuit against Meta's board | CBC News

An $8-billion class action lawsuit against Meta and Mark Zuckerberg will begin, linked to the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

Democratic senators raise concerns about a new Trump citizenship data system

A citizenship data system may disenfranchise eligible voters and lacks transparency and public notice required by privacy laws.
#ad-targeting
fromExchangewire
3 weeks ago
Privacy professionals

Digest: Ocado & Publishers Team Up on Clean Room Data Targeting; Reddit & EU Step Up Age Checks in Online Safety Push

fromDigiday
4 weeks ago
UK news

Retail media meets publishing: News UK, Future and Ocado tap clean room tech for smarter data targeting

fromExchangewire
3 weeks ago
Privacy professionals

Digest: Ocado & Publishers Team Up on Clean Room Data Targeting; Reddit & EU Step Up Age Checks in Online Safety Push

fromDigiday
4 weeks ago
UK news

Retail media meets publishing: News UK, Future and Ocado tap clean room tech for smarter data targeting

fromHackernoon
3 years ago

From Chatbots to Guardians of Data: How BChat Harnesses AI for Secure Messaging | HackerNoon

Digital communications today are fast, unchecked, and silently monitored. Most conversations are overheard by corporations or the State as data becomes the new oil.
Privacy technologies
US news
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

U.S. senator wants DOGE out of sensitive farmer payment system

Sen. Tammy Baldwin urges the USDA to revoke DOGE's access to sensitive agricultural financial databases.
Python
fromPycoders
3 weeks ago

PyCoder's Weekly | Issue #690

Python's JIT compiler and __init__.py module are key topics for developers, alongside debugging tools and data privacy compliance within the Python Software Foundation.
fromSan Jose Inside
3 weeks ago

Google Says It Will Appeal $314.6M Class-action Verdict in San Jose

The jury found Google liable for transferring data to its servers without user consent while devices were idle, benefiting Google for targeted advertising and mapping.
Privacy professionals
fromABC7 San Francisco
3 weeks ago

SF and Oakland police illegally shared license plate data with federal agencies: report

Police in San Francisco and Oakland illegally shared license plate reader data with federal authorities, violating state law.
EU data protection
fromExchangewire
4 weeks ago

Digest: ITV & Disney Ink New Content-Sharing Deal; Meta Faces GDPR Violation Ruling in Germany

ITV and Disney have partnered for a new content-sharing deal, allowing cross-access between ITVX and Disney+.
EU data protection
fromenglish.elpais.com
4 weeks ago

For years, the EU's border agency illegally transferred data on migrants and activists to Europol

Frontex collected and illegally transferred personal data of over 13,000 migrants to Europol, violating legal safeguards and criminalizing migrants.
Digital life
fromInfoQ
1 month ago

Secure Messaging: The Guardian Leverages Millions of Readers to Provide Strong Plausible Deniability

Secure Messaging tool by The Guardian protects journalistic sources with strong plausible deniability and concealed messaging.
Tech industry
fromHackernoon
1 year ago

The HackerNoon Newsletter: On Grok and the Weight of Design (7/11/2025) | HackerNoon

Yandex launched Yambda, a significant recommendation dataset, highlighting the evolution and accessibility of data in AI.
Privacy professionals
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

AI Tool of the Week: Copenhagen's Corti launches Europe's first sovereign healthcare AI infrastructure - Silicon Canals

Corti provides specialized AI infrastructure for healthcare that adheres to strict data privacy regulations and reduces administrative burdens.
fromComputerworld
1 month ago

Will IT turn the AI bot battle into a money maker? (And is that even a good idea?)

Handing over data to a genAI agent can jeopardize a company's long-term interests.
Agriculture
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

DOGE keeps gaining access to sensitive data. Now, it can cut off billions to farmers

DOGE personnel gained high-level access to a sensitive payments system, controlling significant agricultural loans.
fromZDNET
1 month ago

The biggest AI feature announced at Samsung Unpacked was also the most subtle

Samsung introduced new AI features and an enhanced Knox security update alongside the Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Galaxy Z Fold 7.
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Open, transparent AI models will create more innovation and trust

Current AI development lacks transparency and ethical foundations, requiring users to trust black-box systems without understanding.
Open source transparency is essential for fostering innovation and addressing biases in AI training.
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
1 month ago

EFF to US Court of Appeals: Protect Taxpayer Privacy

Given the historical context, and decades of subsequent agency promises to protect taxpayer confidentiality and taxpayer reliance on those promises, the Administration's abrupt decision to re-interpret §6103 to allow sharing with ICE whenever a potential 'criminal proceeding' can be posited, is a textbook example of an arbitrary and capricious action even if the statute can be read to be ambiguous.
Privacy professionals
fromZDNET
1 month ago

Gemini can access your Android phone's other apps, unless you stop it - here's how

Gemini AI can access third-party app data on Android, even if Gemini Apps Activity is disabled.
fromHackernoon
3 months ago

Can Decentralization Save the Internet from Itself? | HackerNoon

Censorship on digital platforms restricts freedom of expression, controlled primarily by major tech corporations and government influence.
fromHackernoon
1 month ago

How Blockchain Can Simplify Post-Merger Master Data Management | HackerNoon

Blockchain technology enables companies to create a trusted architecture for sharing data across networks securely and reliably, thereby addressing master data issues more effectively.
Privacy technologies
fromMarTech
1 month ago

Data clean rooms: What you need to know | MarTech

A data clean room is a secure environment where two or more parties can bring their data together to run analysis without actually revealing any sensitive or raw data to each other.
Privacy technologies
Privacy technologies
fromExchangewire
1 month ago

Axeptio & Stape Join Forces to Make Server-Side Tracking More Accessible Worldwide

Axeptio and Stape partnership aims to simplify and enhance server-side tracking for global businesses amidst increasing data and privacy restrictions.
Digital life
fromZDNET
1 month ago

SUSE launches new European digital sovereignty support service to meet surging demand

The EU is increasingly adopting open source and Linux for digital sovereignty.
fromHackernoon
3 months ago

Censorship, Surveillance, and the Splinternet: Why We Need a Decentralized Web | HackerNoon

Today's internet infrastructure runs on fiber-optic cables, data centres, and cloud services operated by giants like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta. These systems deliver fast connectivity and seamless experiences, but they also centralize control in just a few hands.
Digital life
fromInfoWorld
1 month ago

AWS adds incremental and distributed training to Clean Rooms for scalable ML collaboration

Enterprises can now build machine learning models securely using shared data while maintaining privacy.
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