Privacy for Profit

Will we just accept our loss of privacy, or has the techlash already begun?

“The future of privacy is likely to be complicated. For starters, no one can even agree what “privacy” means today. Some argue its first obituary was written 21 years ago when Scott McNealy, then CEO of Sun Microsystems, pronounced: “You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it.” That may, technically speaking, be true. A different …

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Direct marketing code of practice (UK Information Commissioner’s Office)

This is a statutory code of practice prepared under section 122 of theData Protection Act 2018. It provides practical guidance for thoseconducting direct marketing or operating within the broader directmarketing ecosystem. It explains the law and provides good practicerecommendations. Following the code along with other ICO guidancewill help you to comply with the GDPR and …

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California Wireless Network Security requirements

California law sets out minimum requirements for wireless access point security by imposing obligations on manufacturers to ensure consumers are aware of the risks and informed as to how to protect themselves. Who is regulated by the law (Territorial Scope)? What is regulated by the law (Material Scope)? Obligations imposed Enforcement California Wireless Network Security …

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California IOT Law

TITLE 1.81.26 of the California Civil Code on Security of Connected Devices (“California IoT law”) is codified in Cal. Civ. Code Sec. 798.91.04, 798.91.05 and 798.91.06. It requires manufacturers of connected devices “to equip the device with a reasonable security feature or features that are appropriate to the nature and function of the device, appropriate …

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Happy “Data Privacy Day” – Now Read The New York Times Privacy Project About Total Surveillance

The shocking thing about the obvious and growing loss of privacy is how unconcerned everyone is. It’s worth saying again: every time we blog, tweet, post, rideshare, order from Amazon, rent an Airbnb – or anything that leaves a digital trail – we feed what Shoshana Zuboff calls “surveillance capitalism,” which is the monetization of data captured through monitoring people’s movements …

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Persona raises $17.5 million to verify identities without humans in the loop

Persona’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform allows users to complete ID verification within seconds and obtain results as quickly. And its API and drop-in widget are designed to play nicely with existing apps and services. Persona raises $17.5 million to verify identities without humans in the loop

EU’s Vestager calls on public sector to establish ‘particularly high’ AI standards

Artificial Intelligence technologies deployed in the public sector should be held to “particularly high standards when it comes to transparency and accountability,” the European Commission’s Vice-President EU’s Vestager calls on public sector to establish ‘particularly high’ AI standards

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