Copyrights and Privacy: What is the Irrevocable License and is it Really a Privacy Concern?
Due to the strength of copyright protections, and harsh penalties against those who violate them, language of Terms and Conditions […]
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Publishers v. Privacy: Registration Is Coming
The introduction of ad blocking, browser-level advertising and browser-blocking of tracking and cookies should have heralded the beginning of more […]
FaceApp Reveals Huge Holes in Today’s Privacy Laws
Cameras are everywhere, and data brokers are vacuuming up information on individuals. But regulations have not kept pace. Facial recognition […]
Facebook’s face recognition software should worry us.
Facebook holds “the largest facial dataset to date”—powered by DeepFace, Facebook’s deep-learning facial recognition system. Policymakers and experts are now […]
Why Is America So Far Behind Europe on Digital Privacy?
Americans have been far too vulnerable for far too long when they venture online. It’s taken more than a decade […]
Longer Privacy Policies Are Better?
Everyone knows that most consumers don’t read privacy policies because they’re too long and confusing. Right? But maybe that’s the […]
The importance of consent and privacy when deploying voice biometrics
Whilst choice of voice biometrics for many companies operating large call-centres may the correct technological choice, its implementation doesn’t appear […]
Data collection leads to discrimination and self-censorship
Widespread data collection practices lead to self-censorship and discrimination even though most users are not fully aware of how much […]
Data collection leads to discrimination and self-censorship
Widespread data collection practices lead to self-censorship and discrimination even though most users are not fully aware of how much […]
Can Government Manage Risks Associated with Artificial Intelligence?
Artificial intelligence can help government agencies deliver better results, but there are underlying risks and ethical issues with its implementation […]
Consumer contract law in the age of data
As part of its 2015 Digital Single Market Strategy, the European Commission proposed modernising the rules applicable to sales of […]
GDPR compliance: Hits and misses
Privacy professionals have now lived with EU General Data Protection Regulation compliance requirements for a full year. Many rebuilt, rewrote […]