Can Digital Assistants Work without Prying into Our Lives?
Personalized AI requires personal data. Apple, Google and others say they can now grab more of it while keeping privacy […]
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EDPB outlines how businesses should approach data transfers
New European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published new guidance intended to help businesses comply with the General Data Protection Regulation […]
Researchers develop AI that can defeat facial recognition systems
Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed an adversarial neural network that can defeat facial recognition systems. Researchers claim that […]
GDPR attacks: First Google, Facebook, now activists go after Apple, Amazon, LinkedIn
Just days after the new law comes into force, privacy activists add more tech giants to their list of GDPR […]
Data Class Actions: The Era of Mass Data Litigation
Class actions are commonplace in the United States but relatively rare in Europe. The European Union wants to change that, […]
Facial matching system risks racial bias
Facial matching technology proposed by the government risks racial bias and would have a chilling effect on the right to […]
Police trial AI software to help process mobile phone evidence
Artificial intelligence software capable of interpreting images, matching faces and analysing patterns of communication is being piloted by UK police […]
Facebook accused of conducting mass surveillance through its apps
Facebook used its apps to gather information about users and their friends, including some who had not signed up to […]
Fighting for data privacy – Berlin’s unique history
With the Cambridge Analytica scandal, data privacy finally hit the mainstream. In Berlin there’s a long tradition of fighting for […]
Who owns data?
Seems like a no-brainer: People own their own personal data. Or do they? Once a person shares their data, ownership […]
Jourova to press for EU-US data sharing deal
EU justice chief Vera Jourova will push for a new data access agreement with the United States when she meets […]
‘My Data Request’ lists guides to get data about you
My Data Request lists dozens of tech companies and tells you how you can contact them. The website also links […]