I spoke at length with Byron Tau about his book on the new U.S. surveillance state—adtech. I learned a ton even as someone who covers this stuff. Highly recommend if you are interested in this world at all Apple/Spotify etc: 404media.co/interview/ Book: amazon.com/Means-Control-…

New: Employers and HR vendors are using AI chatbots to interview and screen job applicants. We found that OpenAI's GPT discriminates against names based on race and gender when ranking resumes. W/ Davey Alba and Leonardo gift link: bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

NIST staffers revolt against expected appointment of 'effective altruist' AI researcher to US AI Safety Institute | VentureBeat venturebeat.com/ai/nist-staffe…

Today, Senator Dick Durbin & Mike Lee introduced a bill reauthorizing 702 while implementing critically needed surveillance reforms to protect Americans’ privacy and end abuses. The bill provides yet another viable path to reauthorizing 702. 1/20 judiciary.senate.gov/press/releases…

The saga continues (updated guidance) Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates | HHS.gov hhs.gov/hipaa/for-prof…

The U.S., China, and the EU have identified standards as critical to their strategies for AI and other emerging technologies. Cam Kerry @[email protected] analyses these strategies and provides recommendations for strengthening standards development and avoiding harm. brookings.edu/articles/small…

Looking for an overview and analysis of Maryland's new consumer data privacy bill? linkedin.com/pulse/maryland… via LinkedIn

La CNIL publie ses premières recommandations sur le développement des systèmes d’#IA. Elles doivent aider les professionnels à concilier innovation et respect des droits des personnes pour le développement innovant et responsable de leurs systèmes d’IA 👉cnil.fr/fr/ia-la-cnil-…

Proposed FTC order will prohibit telehealth firm Cerebral from using or disclosing sensitive data for advertising purposes, and require it to pay $7 million: bit.ly/4cTYBVj /1

Max Schrems’ group noyb responds to Politico report that EDPB opposes Meta’s pay or consent model noyb.eu/en/statement-e…

My .IAPP story on the EDPB's 'pay or consent' opinion has been updated with comments from .FEDMA. iapp.org/news/a/edpb-op…

BREAKING: CT SB 2 PASSES Senate. More to come.

In response to today’s CA Supreme Court denial of Cal. Chamber’s Petition for Review, CPPA General Counsel Philip Laird issued the following statement:

It’s already time for an update! This bill passed and is headed to the Governor

A hearty congratulations to my friends in Oregon and Texas who as of today enjoy new baseline privacy rights and protections! A tepid congratulations to my friends in Florida who now possess similar rights and protections with respect to a small handful of very large companies.

The CPPA Board will hold a public meeting on July 16, 2024. Information on how to attend the meeting, the meeting agenda, and initial meeting materials can be found at cppa.ca.gov/meetings/.

The House Energy & Commerce committee adopted H.R. 7891, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), as amended by Rep. Bilirakis's amendment in the nature of a substitute. See the amendment here: docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF…

H.R. 7891, the  Kids Online Safety Act, was reported to the full House, as amended, by voice vote.

Jordan Francis Joe Duball And here's a redline against the bill passed earlier by the full Senate: publicinterestprivacy.org/2024-09-17-kos…

My takeaways on today’s FTC staff report on Twitch, Meta, YouTube, Twitter, Snap, TikTok, Discord, Reddit, and WhatsApp