Privacy professionals
fromhttps://www.wsfa.com
10 hours agoSmall business owners voice concerns over data privacy legislation
Small businesses rely on digital marketing that could be constrained by proposed national data privacy rules.
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Artificial intelligence
fromEngadget
1 day agoChatGPT will offer personalized financial advice (if you connect your bank account) - Engadget
Pro users in the US can connect financial accounts to ChatGPT for personalized finance advice via Plaid, with limited data access and account disconnect controls.
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
10 months agoJasmine Crockett destroys Republican who claims president's approval rating is "soaring" - LGBTQ Nation
Approval ratings are portrayed as falling sharply, while Republicans are criticized for ignoring court rulings, enabling cuts, and allowing access to sensitive data.
Privacy professionals
fromTheWrap
5 days agoNetflix Sued by Texas AG Over Alleged 'Dark Pattern' of Deceptive Data Collection and Behavior Monitoring
Netflix is accused of misleading consumers about data collection, tracking, children’s profiles, and autoplay design, while building large-scale behavioral surveillance and advertising capabilities.
Privacy professionals
fromThe Verge
5 days agoGM settles California lawsuit claiming it sold driving habit data to insurance companies
GM will pay $12.75 million to settle a California privacy lawsuit and stop selling driver location data to brokers for five years while giving drivers opt-out control for OnStar location collection.
London startup
fromBusiness Matters
1 week agoThe Rise of Offshore VPS Hosting: Why UK Businesses Are Looking Beyond British Data Centres
UK businesses are shifting from UK-based hosting to offshore VPS hosting to improve flexibility, privacy, cost efficiency, and resilience while maintaining security controls.
Privacy professionals
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week agoLeaks of private data for use in Trump's anti-immigration campaign raises alarms
Personal data collected by private companies and for other benefits is being shared and repurposed by federal agencies to support immigration enforcement, raising privacy and surveillance concerns.
Privacy professionals
fromNextgov.com
1 week agoTech bills of the week: Limiting data harvesting; AI for financial fraud prevention; and more
The YODA Act limits data collection and tracking cookies without explicit permission, enabling FTC and state enforcement and allowing civil suits for illegal data harvesting.
US Elections
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week agoApartheid in the US': Arizona's secretary of state fights Trump's plot to amass a master list' of voters
Donald Trump is accused of attempting to control voter information and select his own citizenry, raising concerns about a centralized database of personal details.
Privacy professionals
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoThe surveillance economy isn't coming - it's already the operating system most of us agreed to without reading the terms - Silicon Canals
Most internet users accept terms of service without reading, despite high concerns about data privacy, revealing a structural issue in digital consent.
fromwww.dw.com
2 weeks agoWhy Ghana walked away from a US health deal
Ghana would not sign a multi-year deal, reportedly worth around US$109 million, because Ghana would have to waive key aspects of its health sovereignty. This includes sharing control over its health care decisions, data, and resources with US authorities.
Healthcare
Higher education
fromTNW | Data-Security
2 weeks agoScholly founder Christopher Gray sues Sallie Mae, alleging wrongful termination and sale of student data including minors
Christopher Gray is suing Sallie Mae for alleged data privacy violations and wrongful termination after the acquisition of his scholarship app Scholly.
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks agoClarifai deletes 3 million photos that OkCupid provided to train facial recognition AI, report says | TechCrunch
"We're collecting data now and just realized that OKCupid must have a HUGE amount of awesome data for this," Clarifai founder and CEO Matthew Zeiler wrote in an email to OkCupid co-founder Maxwell Krohn, according to court documents reviewed by Reuters.
Privacy professionals
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks agoShe raised concerns about her company's contracts with ICE. Then she lost her job
Instead of addressing our concerns, our legitimate concerns instead, they turn toward investigating me. And I was instrumental in leading the group. So I think that clearly they were trying to chill [the] activity of workers and that should scare every worker across the country.
US news
SF politics
fromFast Company
4 weeks agoAt roundtable on AI, members of Congress express angst and fears of 'destruction'
Lawmakers expressed concerns about the implications of artificial intelligence on government data, military actions, and societal impacts during a congressional subcommittee roundtable.
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