#privacy-and-consent tag

Parents Explode in Fury at School's Plan to Constantly Film Their Children to Train AI

Preschool teachers would wear cameras and classroom footage would train AI models unless parents manually opted out, leading to backlash and cancellation.

Privacy professionals

fromTech Times

2 days ago

LinkedIn Scans Every Chrome User's Browser Extensions and Ties the Inventory to Their Professional Identity

LinkedIn allegedly scans Chrome-based browsers for thousands of extensions, links encrypted results to verified identities, and faces legal action over undisclosed data collection.

Television

fromIndependent

4 days ago

Sisters seek removal of Virgin Media's 'First Timers on the Frontline' footage showing brother lying dead on apartment floor

Family members seek a High Court injunction to remove ambulance-death footage from broadcast and social media after refusing consent and citing severe harm.

Wearables

fromwww.bbc.com

5 days ago

Smart glasses are 'an invasion of privacy' - Meta's are selling better than ever

Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses enable covert recording and have led to non-consensual filming, online abuse, and legal disputes over privacy and data use.

Web development

fromFast Company

1 week ago

Here's how I finally got Google's uninvited 4GB AI model off my Mac

Chrome can automatically download Gemini Nano weights.bin without clear consent, and removing it may require more than the simple settings toggle.

Artificial intelligence

fromLGBTQ Nation

4 months ago

Mother of Elon Musk's kid sues xAI for over creating sexualized images of her - LGBTQ Nation

xAI's Grok allegedly created and disseminated sexualized deepfake images of Ashley St. Clair, prompting her to sue for emotional distress and privacy violations.

Wearables

fromEngadget

4 months ago

Bee has been busy since its acquisition by Amazon last year

Bee's always-listening wearable gains four features—Actions, Daily Insights, Voice Notes, and Templates—raising utility and privacy and legal concerns around continuous recording.

Digital life

fromAol

7 months ago

Could making silly AI videos of your friends be social media's next frontier? Let's talk about OpenAI's Sora.

OpenAI launched Sora, an invite-only app that creates 10-second AI-generated videos and a "Cameos" feature inserting users and friends with permission.

Parenting

fromwww.theguardian.com