Jon Brodkin reports: California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required makers of web browsers and mobile operating systems to let consumers send opt-out preference signals that could limit businesses’ use of personal information. The bill approved by the State Legislature last month would have required an opt-out signal “that communicates the consumer’s choice to opt…
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LinkedIn is training AI models on your data
Wes Davis reports: If you’re on LinkedIn, then you should know that the social network has, without asking, opted accounts into training generative AI models. 404Media reports that LinkedIn introduced the new privacy setting and opt-out form before rolling out an updated privacy policy saying that data from the platform is being used to train AI models. As TechCrunch notes,…
Meet The Privacy Pioneer Promising To Save The Tech Sector From Itself
David Prosser writes: Nishant Bhajaria believes the technology sector has a problem. A veteran of technology giants including Google, Netflix and Meta, Bhajaria worries that the industry’s customers increasingly regard it with suspicion and cynicism. “We’ve got to help people to a position where they don’t feel the industry is trying to swindle them,” says…
FTC Staff Report Finds Large Social Media and Video Streaming Companies Have Engaged in Vast Surveillance of Users with Lax Privacy Controls and Inadequate Safeguards for Kids and Teens
From the Federal Trade Commision (FTC): A new Federal Trade Commission staff report that examines the data collection and use practices of major social media and video streaming services shows they engaged in vast surveillance of consumers in order to monetize their personal information while failing to adequately protect users online, especially children and teens….