Anthropic asked for regulation. Washington went much further CNBC
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Most people shrug when told their data is collected. The shrug is rational. The harm arrives without a return address.
Children may experience AI companions as friends, advisers, or confidants. The companies behind them receive something else: a growing record of the child's life.
“Data Privacy” Concerns Could Mean Less Race and Ethnicity Data from the Census Bureau Georgetown University
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People say they’ve been secretly filmed in their own home, at concerts and at work. Are the wildly popular smartglasses the final nail in the coffin of personal privacy? “I’ve had one person who told me that their intentions were creepy,” a man tells me over a video call, on condition of anonymity. He’s based in Los Angeles, and while we speak, he eats what appears to be tuna directly out of the can. “He said: ‘I go to strip clubs, and I want to record the strippers … Normally I put my phone in my chest pocket, but the glasses are more convenient.’” The man I’m talking to runs a business call…
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German finance ministry links high borrowing costs to security overhaul Reuters
ARCOA, an IT asset disposition company, is positioning its services as a solution for organizations facing increasing data privacy and IT asset compliance demands.
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ICE has prohibited its employees from using Meta's smart glasses while on duty, joining other organizations that have moved to restrict the devices over privacy concerns.
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California's privacy regulator has authorized a new rulemaking process on opt-out signals, increased fees for data brokers, and opened a comment period on proposed amendments to the Delete Request and Opt-Out (DROP) framework.
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