We are back in the US federal privacy bill game!
Sen. Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, has re-introduced the “Setting an American Framework to Ensure Data Access, Transparency, and Accountability
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Children’s data isn’t child’s play.
If you have a product or service that collects information from children, you should:
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Commission d’access a la information du Quebec has issued guidance on employee geolocation tracking.
Here are some key takeaways:
U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts has introduced the “Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act.”
If signed into law, the bill will impose several new requirements on online
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“Like so many things in our profession, the answer to the question of whether aggregation is safe is ‘it depends’.”
“The challenge is that all these numerical forms of aggregation
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“The European Commission has revealed it is considering a ban on the use of facial recognition in public areas for up to five years.
Regulators want time to work out
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If your social media profile is public … do you really have an expectation of privacy in the information it contains?
The United States’ Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals says
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Research institutions should aim to have proper consent practices that maximize their ability to collect and use patient information.
“Most patients would donate their health data and biospecimens for biomedical
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The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced a completion deadline for their code that will translate General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements into design standards that protect children who
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“A loose coalition of privacy-minded digital rights groups and policymakers is crafting a strategy to rein in facial recognition technology in cities across the country. ”
“Three cities thus far
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