Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5 Billion by FTC Over Privacy Issues
Facebook said on Wednesday that it expected to be fined up to $5 billion by the Federal Trade Commission for […]
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Apple Face-Recognition Blamed for False Arrest
A New York student sued Apple Inc. for $1 billion, claiming the company’s facial-recognition software falsely linked him to a […]
Content Groups Warn FTC Over ‘Troubling’ Application of EU Privacy Law
The FTC is reviewing privacy regulations and has been holding a series of hearings, including one scheduled for Tuesday and […]
Hackers publish personal data on thousands of US police officers and federal agents
A hacker group has breached several FBI-affiliated websites and uploaded their contents to the web, including dozens of files containing […]
Department of Justice Releases White Paper on CLOUD Act
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice released a white paper and FAQ on the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of […]
‘Privacy Is Becoming a Luxury’: What Data Leaks Are Like for the Poor
The last few years have featured some of the largest and most potentially damaging data leaks in history, like the […]
A new US bill would force companies to check their algorithms for bias
US lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require large companies to audit machine learning-powered systems — like facial recognition […]
Senators say US needs its own GDPR
An investigation into the Equifax data breach has condemned the company’s poor security standards and urged politicians in the States […]
The state Senate version of the Washington Privacy Act: A summary
Washington is increasingly looking like it will become the second state in the U.S. to pass a comprehensive privacy statute, […]
GDPR continues to shine a light for US legislation
Washington DC is to introduce a new data privacy bill, in a further reminder of the GDPR’s power as a […]
White Paper on Principles for a Revised U.S. Privacy Framework
The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has issued a white paper on Ten Principles for […]
A Regulatory Tsunami Is Coming: Are You Prepared?
Compliance will be an increasingly challenging business issue in 2019. Consider the ‘Office of Compliance’ that Xerox already has to […]