As the proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act remains under consideration by U.S. Congress, companies are working to understand its provisions and whether their business falls under the scope of the bill.
MediaPost reports U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., wrote a letter urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Fog Data Science for allegedly selling user location data to law enforcement. In the letter, Eshoo wrote she has "deep concerns over recent reporting that Fog ...
In its summary of a recent study on future artificial intelligence regulation, France's Council of State, Conseil d'État, recommended the country's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, be given power to enforce against AI violations.
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology released new documents concerning its Cybersecurity for the Internet of Things program.
The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office started a second consultation on the draft journalism code. The code is intended to offer “practical guidance” for media organizations and reporters to comply with data protection regulations when using personal data for journalistic purposes.
A New York City law going into effect in January could test the effectiveness the use of artificial intelligence in hiring, The Wall Street Journal reports. Companies utilizing AI for hiring will be required to conduct audits “to assess biases, including along race and gender lines.” Per the law, the company using AI to hire is liable for violations, which can include fines. According to the Society for Human Resource Management, approximately 25% of U.S. companies use automation and/or AI in support of human resources.
New startup DynamoFL seeks to enter the federated learning marketplace with technology to help more industries subject to data privacy laws train artificial intelligence systems without sharing potentially sensitive information across systems, TechCrunch reports. DynamoFL CEO Vaikkunth Mugunthan said, "We discovered an enormous market for federated learning after we received repeated work offers from leading finance and technology companies that were trying to build out federated learning internally in light of emerging privacy regulations. ...
A Maryland resident is forging ahead with a federal class-action lawsuit against Twitter for allegedly soliciting user contact information and using it for targeted advertisements, MediaPost reports. Lauren Price argued in court filings, under California state law, she is entitled to Twitter’s profits made from allegedly seeking users' contact information “for security purposes,” which was then used for targeted advertising.
Giving platforms access to private user messages would permanently “weaken end-to-end encryption," Internet Society Senior Government Affairs and Advocacy Advisor Callum Voge writes for Euractiv.
For years, U.S. Federal Trade Commission settlements required companies to develop comprehensive information security programs that did not necessarily contain specific requirements to protect consumer privacy. However, since the 2018 LabMD case, the FTC has rethought its approach, and settlements have included specific remedies for organizations.