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Judge asked to dismiss children's privacy lawsuit; alleged Meta tracking claims dismissed

  • Google, Hasbro and other companies asked a federal judge to dismiss a class-action lawsuit over alleged tracking of children's YouTube views for targeted advertising, MediaPost reports. "Collecting online activity, geolocation, and browser/device information in accordance with clear public disclosures is not actionable," Google said.

Neuroscientists, others call for regulation of neurotechnology

Neuroscientists, activists, policymakers and others are calling for principles to regulate neurotechnology and artificial intelligence, citing concerns over potential privacy violations, including surveillance, Politico reports. NeuroTechnology Center at Columbia University Director Rafael Yuste said international action is needed before technology is developed further. "We want to do something a little bit more intelligent than wait until we have a problem and then try to fix it when it's too late," he said.

Google releases security keys to withstand quantum attacks

Google announced the release of security keys as part of its movement toward quantum resistant cryptography. "As progress toward practical quantum computers is accelerating, preparing for their advent is becoming a more pressing issue as time passes," Google said. "In particular, standard public key cryptography which was designed to protect against traditional computers, will not be able to withstand quantum attacks." Full story

Preparing to comply with Switzerland's revised data protection law

The revised Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection comes into force 1 Sept. and brings greater alignment with the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Prighter's Charlotte Mason and Andreas Mätzler, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP, outline their thoughts on the revisions, including the introduction of more stringent obligations on non-Swiss companies and data breach reporting.Full story