For those in the Colorado area, this announcement was seen on Centennial Man blog: The Fall Privacy Foundation Seminar is scheduled for Friday, October 27th. Recent Developments in State Privacy Laws *The Colorado Privacy Act *State Privacy Laws in Colorado compared to states like California and Virginia Our Panel includes: Corinne O’Doherty, Senior Legislative Aide for…
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Schools Are Normalizing Intrusive Surveillance
J.D. Tuccille writes: If war is the health of the state, as Randolph Bourne had it, then scaring the hell out of people is the health of the security state. Nothing scares people more than threats to wee ones, which is why “think of the children” is the go-to marketing hook for control-freak policies. And if children…
Some gen AI vendors say they’ll defend customers from IP lawsuits. Others, not so much
Kyle Wiggers reports: A person using generative AI — models that generate text, images, music and more given a prompt — could infringe on someone else’s copyright through no fault of their own. But who’s on the hook for the legal fees and damages if — or rather, when — that happens? It depends. In the…
Washington Gets Access to Patient Names, Emails in Fraud Case
Mary Anne Pazanowski reports: Health-care providers must turn over patients’ names and contact information to Washington in the state’s consumer fraud litigation. Neither the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act nor its state equivalent protected the information from compelled disclosure in a civil case because there’s already a protective order in place, and the…