You’re responsible for getting permission from subjects if you want to use Windows Photos’ facial recog feature
Microsoft has begun rolling out an update to the Photos app in Windows 10 that prompts you to confirm “all […]
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How Microsoft Plan to Empower Users to Own and Control Personal Data
Microsoft presented a vast blockchain-related plan: a decentralized identity (DID) network built atop of the bitcoin network, which can potentially empower […]
EU High-Level Working Group on AI launches pilot phase of Ethics Guidelines and publishes Recommendations for Trustworthy AI
On June 26, 2019, the EU High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI HLEG) announced two important developments: (1) the launch of […]
Données & Design: a platform to bring designers together on the topic of GDPR
Données & Design is a platform, created by French data protection authority CNIL, seeking to create spaces for collaboration and […]
Amazon’s helping police build a surveillance network with Ring doorbells
While residential neighborhoods aren’t usually lined with security cameras, the smart doorbell’s popularity has essentially created private surveillance networks powered […]
Facial recognition smart glasses could make public surveillance discreet and ubiquitous
A new product from UAE firm NNTC shows where this tech is headed next. The AR glasses have an 8-megapixel […]
Apple is making corporate ‘BYOD’ programs less invasive to user privacy
When people bring their own devices to work or school, they don’t want IT administrators to manage the entire device. […]
AI used to identify thieves in Walmart
The American supermarket chain, Walmart has said that it uses AI recognition technology on its checkouts to help root out […]
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 […]
Irish DPA issues guidance on the Use of CCTV
Irelands data protection authority – Data Protection Commission – has issued a guidance on use of CCTVs and video surveillance. […]
French DPA to take action on online targeted advertisements
French data protection authority CNIL has received an important number of individual and collective complaints (La Quadrature du Net, Privacy […]
IAB Releases Data Transparency Standard
The IAB Tech Lab on Thursday released a new standardization system for third-party audience data and an auditing and credentialing […]