CoE launches public consultation on human rights impact of algorithmic systems
The Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI) of the Council of Europe has published draft recommendation on the human […]
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Democratic senator introduces bill limiting use of voter data by political campaigns
Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced a bill on Wednesday that would limit the use of voter data by political campaigns. […]
Changes in ePrivacy Regulation regarding electronic communications and digital marketing
On 26 July 2019, at the level of the Council, the Finnish government has issued a revised (Council) proposal for […]
Moran Tees Up Data Privacy Bill As Senate Effort Splinters
A bipartisan pair of senators has drafted a data privacy bill that would give the Federal Trade Commission more enforcement […]
Google Hit With New Privacy Suit Over Voice Recordings
A group of California residents has sued Google over allegations that the tech giant violates state law by recording their […]
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 […]
Appeal against government mass surveillance loses in High Court
The human rights group Liberty has failed in its legal bid to put an end to the Investigatory Powers Act. […]
New bill could ban facial recognition in public housing
The No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act is expected to be introduced this week. The bill would prohibit the use […]
European Data Protection Board Issues Opinion on U.S. CLOUD Act
On July 10, 2019, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) issued a joint […]
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 […]
ePrivacy Regulation Slowly Moves Forward
Adoption of the ePrivacy Regulation Introduced in 2017, and originally slated to go into effect with the GDPR (on May […]
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 […]