Address trader sues German DPA to prevent noyb from accessing files
Noyb.eu · 2023-11-16 3 min Two years ago, noyb filed a complaint against the address trader Acxiom and the credit reference agency CRIF in Germany. Although there is strong evidence that the companies’ large-scale trade with people’s personal data violates the GDPR, the case is still pending with the B

Political advertising: EU won't ban voter manipulation and microtargeting
Patrick-breyer.de · 2023-11-09 2 min Yesterday, the EU Parliament and Council agreed on new rules on transparency and targeting of political advertising. The Parliament was able to secure a publicly accessible library of online political advertising, but targeting political messages based on the individual preferenc

Accordo storico su #chatcontrol: il parlamento europeo vuole salvaguardare la crittografia sicura
Pirati.io · 2023-10-28 4 min Riportiamo il post pubblicato oggi 26 ottobre dal Partito Pirata Europeo Questa settimana, i negoziatori del Parlamento europeo hanno raggiunto un accordo ad ampia maggioranza su una posizione comune riguardante il controverso disegno di legge UE su chatcontrol. Il disegno di l

Undermining Democracy: The European Commission's Controversial Push for Digital Surveillance – Danny Mekić
Dannymekic.com · 2023-10-15 11 min Biography Quotes Nederlands Menu Danny Mekić. Speaker Chairman Entrepreneur NewTeam StrategyCooker HackathonFactory Innovation Company Innovations Automotive & Innovation Banks & Innovation Education & Innovation Healthcare & Innovation

Setting the record straight
Commissioners.ec.europa.eu · 2023-10-15 5 min On the 25th of October I will be having an exchange of views with the LIBE committee on my proposal to prevent and fight child sexual abuse. The next day the LIBE committee will vote on the proposal.I am approaching this public discussion with resolve, with transparency and with

[Opinion] Why your data might already be on a Europol list
Euobserver.com · 2023-10-12 3 min You don't have to be a civil rights defender or even an opposition voice to end up on a police list. You don't even have to commit a crime.And yet in today's EU, innocent people are being swept up in a police digital dragnet that risks eroding the very basis of democracy.Police f

FTC Warns Tax Prep Companies Against Invasive Online Tracking – The Markup
Themarkup.org · 2023-09-21 3 min Pixel HuntSharing private information could lead to penalties, agency says after Markup investigation By Colin LecherSeptember 19, 2023 13:13 ET Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesShare This Article Copy Link RepublishThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned five tax pre

Peeking into the Black Box AlgorithmWatch
Algorithmwatch.org · 2023-09-18 13 min Editor's note: This article was written for and first published in the "journalist" magazine.Single mothers were seen as a particularly high risk. In the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, an algorithm spent years combing through the data of welfare recipients to determine which of t

Google rolls out Privacy Sandbox to use Chrome browsing history for ads
Bleepingcomputer.com · 2023-09-10 5 min Google has started to roll out its new interest-based advertising platform called the Privacy Sandbox, shifting the tracking of user's interests from third-party cookies to the Chrome browser.When starting the Google Chrome browser, users will now see an alert titled 'Enhanced ad

Is Meta's arrival on the fediverse good news?
Laquadrature.net · 2023-08-23 12 min The fediverse (a blend made from “federation” and “universe”) is a group of social media consisting of a multitude of platforms and software, each of them communicating with the others using a common protocol. Mastodon is one of the software applications used to offer an

Katharina Koerner on LinkedIn: Framework for Social Impact Evaluation of GenAI Systems
Linkedin.com · 2023-08-17 2 min Katharina KoernerAI Governance, Privacy, Privacy Tech, Responsible AI • Law, Policy, Research, Training • Privacy compliance of emerging tech • Bridging the world between privacy, policy, and IT2h Generative AI systems are increasingly evaluated for their social impact, but

La IA non e' creativa ne' umana: ne parla Il Fatto Quotidiano
Ilfattoquotidiano.it · 2023-08-15 6 min Quasi un anno fa ho dedicato al tema dell’intelligenza artificiale un post intitolato: Il dibattito sull’intelligenza artificiale rischia di diventare improduttivo ed autoreferenziale. Recentemente si sono svolti alcuni importanti incontri istituzionali dedicati, finalmente,

Perche' il dialogo su IA e' improduttivo e autoreferenziale Il Fatto Quotidiano
Ilfattoquotidiano.it · 2023-08-15 5 min Uno dei temi di maggior fascino del nostro tempo è certamente quello dell’intelligenza artificiale, dei suoi possibili sviluppi e future applicazioni. Sebbene il rapporto con la tecnica sia un argomento tutt’altro che nuovo (cui si sono dedicati filosofi come Martin Heidegge

MoS IT on concerns around Digital Personal Data Protection Act: There will be checks & balances to ensure personal data is not misused
Indianexpress.com · 2023-08-13 9 min MoS IT on concerns around Digital Personal Data Protection Act: There will be checks & balances to ensure personal data is not misused | Business News - The Indian Express Advertisement On Saturday, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 was published i

Detroit Police Seek Change After Facial Recognition Lawsuit
Govtech.com · 2023-08-12 4 min (TNS) — The Detroit Police Department is pursuing policy changes to its facial recognition policy in the wake of a woman's federal lawsuit alleging she was arrested at eight months pregnant based on "an unreliable" hit, the police chief said Wednesday.Chief James White said Por

Woman files lawsuit, claims 'faulty' DPD facial recognition hit prompted her false arrest
Eu.detroitnews.com · 2023-08-12 5 min   The Detroit NewsDetroit — A 32-year-old Detroit woman is suing the city and a Detroit police officer in federal court, alleging she was arrested in front of her two children while eight months pregnant based on "an unreliable facial recognition hit."Porcha Woodruff said she

Detroit alters facial recognition tech policy after lawsuit filed by pregnant woman
Eu.freep.com · 2023-08-12 2 min   Detroit Free PressThe Detroit Police Department will be strengthening its photo lineup and facial recognition technology policies after "shoddy" police work led to a February wrongful arrest of a woman who was eight months pregnant, Police Chief James White announced Wednesda

Eight Months Pregnant and Arrested After False Facial Recognition Match
Nytimes.com · 2023-08-12 7 min Porcha Woodruff thought the police who showed up at her door to arrest her for carjacking were joking. She is the first woman known to be wrongfully accused as a result of facial recognition technology.Porcha Woodruff was getting her two daughters ready for school when six police

Disney creates task force to explore AI and cut costs: Sources
Businesstoday.in · 2023-08-10 4 min Walt Disney has created a task force to study artificial intelligence and how it can be applied across the entertainment conglomerate, even as Hollywood writers and actors battle to limit the industry's exploitation of the technology.Launched earlier this year, before the Holly

Katharina Koerner on LinkedIn: Home | 17 comments
Linkedin.com · 2023-08-08 2 min Katharina KoernerAI Governance, Privacy, Privacy Tech, Responsible AI, Open Source, Security • Law, Policy, Research, Speaker, Community • Privacy compliance of emerging tech • Bridging the world between privacy, policy, and IT14h EditedDifferential Privacy (DP) is increasi

From “Heavy Purchasers” of Pregnancy Tests to the Depression Prone: We Found 650,000 Ways Advertisers Label You – The Markup
Themarkup.org · 2023-08-07 15 min Share This Article Copy Link RepublishWhat words would you use to describe yourself? You might say you’re a dog owner, a parent, that you like Taylor Swift, or that you’re into knitting. If you feel like sharing, you might say you have a sunny personality or that you follow

Best Private Web Browsers for Most Privacy in 2023
Privacytools.io · 2023-07-28 5 min Experience true privacy with PrivacyTools curated list of private browsers. Protect your online identity & data. Find the best private browser for you.LibreWolf: Focused on privacy, security and freedom for desktop onlyFast Win Mac LinuxA modified version of firefox designed

Google attempts to defend Web Environment Integrity proposal
Theregister.com · 2023-07-28 6 min Google's Web Environment Integrity (WEI) proposal, according to one of the developers working on the controversial fraud fighting project, aims to make the web "more private and safe."Ben Wiser, a software engineer at the Chocolate Factory, responded on Wednesday to serious conce

Part 1 Discovering that your Bluetooth car battery monitor is siphoning up your location data
Doubleagent.net · 2023-07-24 12 min Hello Hacker News, thanks for visiting!A Bluetooth enabled battery monitor that records car battery voltages. The hardware requires a smartphone for pairing The product collects GPS co-ordinates, cell phone tower data and nearby Wifi beacons Location data is sent over the Intern

FACT SHEET: Biden Harris Administration Secures Voluntary Commitments from Leading Artificial Intelligence Companies to Manage the Risks Posed by AI | The White House
Whitehouse.gov · 2023-07-21 5 min Voluntary commitments – underscoring safety, security, and trust – mark a critical step toward developing responsible AIBiden-Harris Administration will continue to take decisive action by developing an Executive Order and pursuing bipartisan legislation to keep Americans saf

L'adeguatezza sul trasferimento dei dati verso gli Stati Uniti
Dirittoaldigitale.com · 2023-07-20 6 min Skip to content Innovazione e diritto dai professionisti dello studio legale DLA Piper

Katharina Koerner on LinkedIn: Privacy enhancing technologies Guide ICO, June 2023 | 38 comments
Linkedin.com · 2023-06-23 2 min Katharina KoernerAI for Humanity, Privacy Tech/PPML, Responsible AI, PETs, AI Governance, Security• Community advocate • Bridging the world between privacy, policy, and IT3d Today, Information Commissioner's Office published its Guidance on Privacy-Enhancing Technologies for

Katharina Koerner on LinkedIn: Algorithms that remember
Linkedin.com · 2023-06-23 2 min Katharina KoernerAI for Humanity, Privacy Tech/PPML, Responsible AI, PETs, AI Governance, Security• Community advocate • Bridging the world between privacy, policy, and IT1h This paper from 2018 was ahead of its time by analyzing the highly up-to-date question of whether mach

Do Foundation Model Providers Comply with the Draft EU AI Act? (germany)
Crfm.stanford.edu · 2023-06-22 14 min Stanford researchers evaluate foundation model providers like OpenAI and Google for their compliance with proposed EU law on AI.Requirements   Rubrics   Grades   GitHubFoundation models like ChatGPT are transforming society with their remarkable capabilities, serious risks

Eiopa quali rischi e quali stress test per cybersec e fintech
Assicurativo.it · 2023-06-20 3 min Attenzione ai rischi assicurati e alle condizioni. Un tema già affrontato su Assicurativo.it Vediamo cosa dice EIOPA. Il paper e' di 91 pagineTThe European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today a Discussion Paper on Methodological Principles of I