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fromSFGATE
8 hours ago

Bay Area lawsuit says AI is discarding your application before a human sees it

The complaint, filed on Jan. 20 against the Santa Clara startup Eightfold AI, which contests the claims, represents a new flashpoint in the use of AI for hiring. Filed by two California workers, the lawsuit alleges that Eightfold's technology "lurks in the background" of many companies' application processes, providing hiring managers with AI-generated reports that score candidates using personal information that they might not have included in their applications.
Privacy professionals
US politics
fromBusiness Insider
6 days ago

AOC and Paris Hilton team up on a bill targeting AI deepfake porn

Proposed DEFIANCE Act would create a civil right allowing victims of AI-generated deepfake porn to sue creators and distributors.
Public health
fromWIRED
1 week ago

Surveillance and ICE Are Driving Patients Away From Medical Care, Report Warns

Weak privacy laws and expanding digital surveillance allow health data to be sold and accessed, deterring care, delaying treatment, and harming health outcomes.
UK news
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 week ago

Prince Harry returns to London Court in high profile privacy case against Daily Mail publisher - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Prince Harry is suing Associated Newspapers Limited for alleged decades-long unlawful information gathering, including voicemail interception and phone bugs, in a nine-week High Court trial.
US politics
fromAbove the Law
1 week ago

Courts Dropkick DOJ's Disenfranchisement Database - Above the Law

The Justice Department sued 23 states and D.C. seeking full voter rolls to create a federal database under the NVRA and Civil Rights Act of 1960.
Law
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

An NFL Player Sued His Ex-Wife Over a Privates Revelation. The Case Could Be Huge.

Matt Kalil alleges Haley Kalil publicly disclosed intimate sexual details during a livestream, violating his privacy through public disclosure of private facts.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
1 month ago

Heated Rivalry director shuts down question about stars' sexuality

Both Williams and Storrie have become overnight sensations thanks to their roles as rival ice hockey players Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov respectively in the new sports romance series, which premiered on Friday 28 November. Owing to the pair's undeniable chemistry both on and off screen - and some very steamy sex scenes - the duo have become the latest infatuation of the thirstiest corner of Gay Twitter.
Television
Privacy professionals
fromThe Walrus
2 months ago

Anyone Could Be Anyone | The Walrus

A private investigator navigates legal privacy limits, urban anonymity, and patient, invisible observation while conducting surveillance in everyday city settings.
#cipa
East Bay (California)
fromThe Oaklandside
2 months ago

Oakland police hit with lawsuit for sharing license plate camera data with feds

Oakland Police Department repeatedly shared license plate reader surveillance data with out-of-state and federal authorities, violating state law, city rules, and a prior settlement.
#data-protection
fromPrivacy International
2 months ago
Privacy technologies

Technology, data and elections: A card game

Data protection is essential during elections to safeguard voter privacy, limit unregulated data-driven practices like micro-targeting, and ensure transparency, accountability, and ethical data use.
fromEngadget
8 months ago
EU data protection

Appeals court confirms that tracking-based online advertising is illegal in Europe

The Belgian Court ruled that the Transparency and Consent Framework for online advertising violates EU GDPR regulations.
EU data protection
fromEngadget
8 months ago

Appeals court confirms that tracking-based online advertising is illegal in Europe

The Belgian Court ruled that the Transparency and Consent Framework for online advertising violates EU GDPR regulations.
EU data protection
fromComputerworld
2 months ago

European Commission moves to loosen GDPR for AI and cookie tracking

AI training, testing, and validation can proceed under GDPR "legitimate interest" if companies apply safeguards and provide an unconditional right to object.
Privacy technologies
fromComputerWeekly.com
3 months ago

Apple and Home Office agree to drop legal claim over encryption backdoor | Computer Weekly

Apple dropped its legal appeal against a UK Home Office order requiring capability to access encrypted data, and Advanced Data Protection remains unavailable to UK users.
Privacy professionals
fromwww.bbc.com
3 months ago

The women taking Meta to task after their baby loss

Targeted online pregnancy adverts continued to reach women after miscarriages, exacerbating grief and causing emotional harm and privacy concerns.
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
3 months ago

Privacy Harm Is Harm

Every day, corporations track our movements through license plate scanners, building detailed profiles of where we go, when we go there, and who we visit. When they do this to us in violation of data privacy laws, we've suffered a real harm-period. We shouldn't need to prove we've suffered additional damage, such as physical injury or monetary loss, to have our day in court.
Privacy professionals
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fromSocial Media Explorer
4 months ago

The Hidden Felony in Your Pocket: Why Snooping on a Partner's Phone Could Land You in Jail - Social Media Explorer

Snooping on a partner's phone can constitute unauthorized access to private communications and is punishable under federal and state laws, with evidence often inadmissible.
Privacy professionals
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

From location to keystrokes, Australian workers' data is being gathered by employers with little privacy protection

Employers, including Commonwealth Bank, use mandatory mobile apps that collect employees' location and device data with limited transparency and weak privacy protections.
Privacy professionals
fromWIRED
4 months ago

Cindy Cohn Is Leaving the EFF, but Not the Fight for Digital Rights

Cindy Cohn is stepping down as executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation after 25 years but will remain active in digital rights advocacy.
fromFortune
4 months ago

Google hit with $425.7 million verdict for spying on users' smartphones for nearly a decade

"This decision misunderstands how our products work, and we will appeal it," Google spokesman Jose Castaneda said Thursday. "Our privacy tools give people control over their data, and when they turn off personalization, we honor that choice."
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fromEngadget
4 months ago

Roblox will require age verification for all users to access communication features

Roblox will require users to confirm age by end of 2025, using age estimation and verification to limit adult-minor communications and enhance child safety.
EU data protection
fromComputerWeekly.com
4 months ago

European court upholds EU-US Data Privacy Framework data-sharing agreement | Computer Weekly

The EU-US Data Privacy Framework lawfully ensures adequate protection for personal data transfers between the EU and the US, per the General Court ruling.
Privacy technologies
fromABC7 Chicago
5 months ago

License plate camera company halts cooperation with federal agencies among investigation concerns

Flock Safety paused federal partnerships over unclear data-sharing practices and concerns about potential violations of Illinois law protecting license-plate data.
Information security
fromTechCrunch
5 months ago

DOGE uploaded live copy of Social Security database to 'vulnerable' cloud server, says whistleblower | TechCrunch

Members of DOGE uploaded a live copy of Social Security records to an inadequately secured cloud server, exposing sensitive personal and financial data of most Americans.
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Elon Musk's Doge put sensitive social security data at risk, whistleblower says

The complaint from Charles Borges, the chief data officer at the SSA, alleges that Doge staffers effectively created a live copy of the entire country's social security data from its numerical identification system database. The information is a goldmine for bad actors, the complaint alleges, and was placed on a server without independent oversight that only Doge officials could access.
US politics
fromThe Verge
5 months ago

Meta illegally collected Flo users' menstrual data, jury rules

This verdict sends a clear message about the protection of digital health data and the responsibilities of Big Tech. Companies like Meta that covertly profit from users' most intimate information must be held accountable.
Privacy professionals
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

Meta argues its AI needs personal information from social media posts to learn Australian concepts'

Meta argues that generative AI models need large and diverse datasets which can only be achieved through real human discussions found in Facebook and Instagram posts.
Privacy professionals
US news
fromwww.npr.org
7 months ago

Supreme Court grants DOGE access to confidential Social Security records

The Supreme Court temporarily allows the DOGE team access to sensitive Social Security data, overriding lower court restrictions.
Wearables
fromABA Journal
9 months ago

Wearable neurotech devices are becoming more prevalent; is the law behind the curve?

Wearable neurotechnology is advancing, but legal frameworks struggle to keep pace with privacy and data protection issues.
Privacy professionals
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
8 months ago

Ninth Circuit Hands Users A Big Win: Californians Can Sue Out-of-State Corporations That Violate State Privacy Laws

Consumers can sue multinational companies in their home courts for violations of state data privacy laws.
The Ninth Circuit's ruling affirms consumer rights against multinational corporations.
fromSFGATE
9 months ago

A Bay Area lawsuit just landed more than 100,000 Californians cash payments

Many Californians are receiving cash settlements from a lawsuit against Thomson Reuters over its data collection practices that allegedly put personal identities up for sale.
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