Privacy after Roe, an FTC enforcement action, a federal privacy legislation update … and more!<\/p>\n
Runa Sandvik on TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)<\/p>\n
Sandvik looks at court records of cases between 2011 and 2022 to examine how police in the U.S. use text messages, emails, search history to prosecute people seeking abortions. \u00a0This kind of detailed examination is valuable to see whether legislation intended to protect people seeking abortions is effective \u2013 and highlights the need for Washington state’s Shield Law’s protections against out-of-state law investigations as well as My Health My Data’s requirements for websites to get consent before sharing health information with Facebook and Google.<\/p>\n
Marvin van Bekkum and Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius on International Association of Privacy Professionals (iapp.org)<\/p>\n
This article summarizes the authors’ paper<\/a> on whether collecting special categories of personal data could help debias artificial intelligence, and their arguments for and against a new exemption.<\/p>\n Eve Gaumond and Catherine R\u00e9gis on Lawfare (lawfareblog.com)<\/p>\n Artificial intelligence can significantly impact human rights\u2014both positively and negatively. Human rights impact assessments conceived specifically for AI are needed to prevent potential harms and reap the benefits of the technology.<\/p>\n on NIST (nist.gov)<\/p>\n New guidance seeks to cultivate trust in AI technologies and promote AI innovation while mitigating risk.=<\/p>\n Kate Santaliz on NBC News (nbcnews.com)<\/p>\n The California Democrat, one of a handful of members with a computer science background, wants a nonpartisan commission to recommend new regulations for artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n Thomas Germain on Gizmodo (gizmodo.com)<\/p>\n As well as a $1.5 million fine, GoodRx has agreed to a first-of-its-kind provision banning the company from sharing health data with third parties for ads. \u00a0As Germain reports:<\/p>\n “GoodRx\u2019s privacy problems were first uncovered by this reporter in an investigation with Consumer Reports<\/a>, followed by a similar report in Gizmodo<\/a>. At the time, if you looked up Viagra, Prozac, PrEP, or any other medication, GoodRx would tell Facebook, Google, and a variety of companies in the ad business, such as Criteo, Branch, and Twilio. GoodRx wasn\u2019t selling the data. Instead, it shared the information so those companies could help GoodRx target its own customers with ads for more drugs. According to the FTC, that\u2019s illegal.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ALSO:<\/p>\n Jessica Lyons Hardcastle on The Register (theregister.com)<\/p>\n California’s attorney general Rob Bonta has sent \u00a0letters to businesses with mobile apps that (allegedly) ignore opt-out requests or sell users’ data. \u00a0The letters focus on retail, travel and food service apps. \u00a0<\/p>\n Natasha Lomas on TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)<\/p>\n In what looks like a meaningful — and long overdue — reforming step, the European Commission has committed to dial up its monitoring of how data protection authorities at the EU Member State level enforce the bloc\u2019s flagship data protection rules against Big Tech.<\/p>\n ALSO<\/p>\n Cobun Zweifel-Keegan on International Association of Privacy Professionals (iapp.org)<\/p>\n IAPP’s Managing Director discusses last week’s Future of Data Privacy and Security in the 118th Congress, hosted by R Street. \u00a0<\/p>\n “Like dormant sugar maple trees, policymakers are just beginning to wake up as the days lengthen into the new term. Whether innovation, competitiveness, safety, security or even pure privacy concerns drive the narrative, the policy discourse is tapped and ready to flow in 2023.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Sally Ho and Garance Burke on Associated Press (apnews.com)<\/p>\n The Justice Department has been scrutinizing a controversial artificial intelligence tool used by a Pittsburgh-area child protective services agency following concerns that it could result in discrimination against families with disabilities.<\/p>\n Anna-Catherine Brigida on Coda Story (codastory.com)<\/p>\n How big-name monitoring software from companies like Cellebrite and Palantir made Honduras a hotbed of spy tech.<\/p>\n Rishi Iyengar on Foreign Policy (foreignpolicy.com)<\/p>\n Silicon Valley has spent years courting India, but its companies face an increasingly tricky censorship minefield in the world\u2019s largest democracy.<\/p>\n Carly Page on TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)<\/p>\n The virtual cell service said customers\u2019 data was exposed following \u201csuspicious activity\u201d relating to its primary network provider.<\/p>\n Thomas Germain on Gizmodo (gizmodo.com)<\/p>\n Full Throttle is launching a new, souped-up tracker as Google moves to kill third-party cookies.<\/p>\n Melissa Heikkil\u00e4 on MIT Technology Review (technologyreview.com)<\/p>\n Large language models are trained on troves of personal data hoovered from the internet. So I wanted to know: What does it have on me?<\/p>\n Laura Kayali on POLITICO (politico.eu)<\/p>\n A majority of senators voted against introducing facial recognition.<\/p>\n Matt Perault on Lawfare (lawfareblog.com)<\/p>\n Last week, senior TikTok executives held a private briefing to review the details of Project Texas and the contours of the national security agreement it is negotiating with the U.S. government.<\/p>\n Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (priv.gc.ca)<\/p>\n Charles Rusnell on The Tyee (thetyee.ca)<\/p>\n Shandro\u2019s testimony allegedly violated the privacy of a witness by referencing secrets he gained in an official role.<\/p>\n Wojciech Wiewi\u00f3rowski on EURACTIV (euractiv.com)<\/p>\n Privacy and data protection are part of the human rights too often suspended at the borders of the European Union – as long as we continue treating migration as a \u2018problem\u2019, fundamental rights will remain compromised, Wojciech Wiewi\u00f3rowski writes.<\/p>\n Council of Europe on Council of Europe (coe.int)<\/p>\n Strasbourg 27\/01\/2023<\/p>\n Karen Gullo and Veridiana Alimonti on Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org)<\/p>\n Brazil\u2019s biggest internet connection providers made moderate advances in protecting customer data and being transparent about their privacy practices, but fell short on meeting certain requirements for upholding users\u2019 rights under Brazil\u2019s data protection law, according to InternetLab\u2019s 2022 Quem..\u2026<\/p>\n the Premerger Notification Office Staff on Federal Trade Commission (ftc.gov)<\/p>\n The Federal Trade Commission has finalized its order with education technology provider Chegg Inc.<\/p>\n Julia Angwin on The Markup (themarkup.org)<\/p>\n A conversation with Arvind Narayanan<\/p>\n David Hoffman on Lawfare (lawfareblog.com)<\/p>\n Today is Data Privacy Day, an annual event in which I am \u2014 rather proudly \u2014 personally invested. Data Privacy Day began with a conversation at my dinner table eight years ago, when Leonardo Cervera Navas (then with the European Commission and now with the European Data Protection Supervisor\u2019s office\u2026<\/p>\n Thomas Claburn on The Register (theregister.com)<\/p>\n What\u2019s allowed for Cupertino is verboten for everyone else<\/p>\n Divsha Bhat on Gulf Business (gulfbusiness.com)<\/p>\n Privacy can become a selling point and a source of value, especially when it is implemented by design and not reactively.<\/p>\n Thad Rueter on GovTech (govtech.com)<\/p>\n This year\u2019s Data Privacy Week drew attention to the increasing role that cybersecurity is playing for government. Public agencies are responding via new hiring but still face big challenges.<\/p>\n Rebeka Zeljko on The California Aggie (theaggie.org)<\/p>\n An interesting article in UC Davis’ campus newspaper looks at invasive technologies and how they manifest in day-to-day life, with perspectives from students as well as the school’s academic associate director for academic technology services. \u00a0 <\/p>\n Shannon Knapp on JD Supra (jdsupra.com)<\/p>\n Expect another year of regulatory ambiguity for international data privacy laws in 2023, as the European Commission reviews the EU-US Data Privacy…<\/p>\n Joy Powers on WUWM (wuwm.com)<\/p>\n Michael Zimmer, the director of the Center for Data, Ethics and Society at Marquette University, comments on the recent common bans of TikTok among U.S. governments.<\/p>\n Romain Dillet on TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)<\/p>\n Jumbo, an app that lets you control your privacy on the web, is hitting the reset button \u2014 sort of. While the company is still focused on privacy and security, users can now download and use all features for free as the premium subscription is gone. In addition to this pricing update, Jumbo\u2019s newest\u2026<\/p>\n Isabel Cameron on Latest Retail Technology News From Across The Globe – Charged (chargedretail.co.uk)<\/p>\n Just 16% of UK consumers feel completely confident in managing their data privacy and security online according to security company Ring.<\/p>\n Abraham D\u00edaz on The National Law Review (natlawreview.com)<\/p>\n In the frame of the International Data Privacy Day celebrated around the world every January 28, it is worthy to remember the relevance gained worldwide by this subject matter as time goes by, as well<\/p>\n MSME Desk on Financialexpress (financialexpress.com)<\/p>\n Spending at larger organizations remained relatively unchanged after steep increases from 2019 to 2020, the study said. The average privacy spending was $2.7 million in 2022.<\/p>\n George Slover on Center for Democracy and Technology (cdt.org)<\/p>\n CDT’s comments in response to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration\u2019s (NTIA) request for input on the state of competition in the mobile apps marketplace highlight the need for improvement, with just two platform ecosystems, Apple and Google, controlling the key delivery pipelines that connect app developers to app users.<\/p>\n Christina Tabacco on Law Street Media (lawstreetmedia.com)<\/p>\n Does the federal Children\u2019s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) preempt state invasion of privacy and consumer protection laws? \u00a0Google and YouTube think so. We’ll see what the judge says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Privacy after Roe, an FTC enforcement action, a federal privacy legislation update … and more! 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NIST Risk Management Framework Aims to Improve Trustworthiness of Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/h3>\n
AI wrote a bill to regulate AI. Now Rep. Ted Lieu wants Congress to pass it.<\/a><\/h3>\n
Enforcement<\/h2>\n
FTC Fines GoodRx $1.5M for Sending Medication Data to Facebook for Ads<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Calif AG puts mobile app developers on notice over privacy<\/a><\/h3>\n
Big changes coming for GDPR enforcement on Big Tech in Europe?<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Federal Privacy Legislation<\/h2>\n
A view from DC: From consumer protection to innovation and data<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Child welfare algorithm faces Justice Department scrutiny<\/a><\/h3>\n
How surveillance tech helped protect power \u2014 and the drug trade \u2014 in Honduras<\/a><\/h4>\n
Modi Is Muzzling Big Tech<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Google Fi says hackers accessed customers\u2019 information<\/a><\/h4>\n
Could a More Powerful Web Tracker Be Good for Your Privacy?<\/a><\/h4>\n
What does GPT-3 \u201cknow\u201d about me?<\/a><\/h4>\n
French Senate backs AI-powered video surveillance for Paris 2024 Olympics<\/a><\/h4>\n
Project Texas: The Details of TikTok\u2019s Plan to Remain Operational in the United States<\/a><\/h4>\n
News release: Home Depot\u2019s failed to obtain customer consent before sharing personal data with Meta<\/a><\/h4>\n
Alberta Justice Minister Accused of Privacy Breach in Law Society Hearing<\/a><\/h4>\n
Privacy and data protection too often suspended at EU borders<\/a><\/h4>\n
Highly intrusive spyware threatens the essence of human rights – Commissioner for Human Rights – publi.coe.int<\/a><\/h4>\n
Brazil\u2019s Telecom Operators Made Strides and Had Shortcomings in Internet Lab\u2019s New Report on User Privacy Practices<\/a><\/h4>\n
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FTC Finalizes Order with Ed Tech Provider Chegg for Lax Security that Exposed Student Data<\/a><\/h4>\n
Decoding the Hype About AI<\/a><\/h4>\n
Happy Data Privacy Day: On the Essential Link between Data Processing and Security<\/a><\/h4>\n
Apple sued for promising privacy, failing at it<\/a><\/h4>\n
Privacy-by-design can be a source of value and opportunity, not cost<\/a><\/h4>\n
States and Counties Making Fresh Progress on Privacy<\/a><\/h4>\n
Experts, students shed light on tech user privacy concerns and online safety measures<\/a><\/h3>\n
What\u2019s on the Global Horizon for Data Privacy in 2023?<\/a><\/h4>\n
The privacy concerns at the heart of Wisconsin\u2019s TikTok ban<\/a><\/h4>\n
Privacy assistant Jumbo tears down its paywall<\/a><\/h4>\n
Just 16% of shoppers feel confident in managing data privacy and security<\/a><\/h4>\n
Data Privacy and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals<\/a><\/h4>\n
Small business spending on data privacy up 17% in 2022, higher than medium, large firms: Cisco study<\/a><\/h4>\n
CDT Comments to NTIA on Mobile App Ecosystem Competition<\/a><\/h4>\n
Google Asks 9th Cir. to Reconsider Child Privacy Law Preemption Ruling<\/a><\/h4>\n