“So, in the end, my data are floating somewhere in the cloud and nobody is responsible.” You really must read this piece by Alan Freeman. Seriously. The first email arrived in my inbox in early September, inviting me to “Take Control of Your Health.” I was then offered a range of health services, including lab…
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10 Privacy Settings Every Amazon User Should Enable Right Now
Pranay Parab writes: Amazon is so deeply entrenched in our lives that we all have a ton of info connected with the company. Even if you somehow haven’t directly used Amazon for shopping, you probably have used a Kindle, an Echo, or simply asked Alexa a question or two. If you’ve had a brush with…
Commissioner Rules Clearview AI Breached Australians’ Privacy
Asha Barbaschow reports: Remember that facial recognition startup found being used by law enforcement agencies around the world last year? Well today, Australia’s Privacy Commissioner has ruled they breached the country’s privacy laws. It was ruled Clearview AI breached Australians’ privacy by scraping their biometric information from the web and disclosing it through a facial…
Facebook, Citing Societal Concerns, Plans to Shut Down Facial Recognition System
Kashmir Hill and Ryan Mac report: Facebook plans to shut down its decade-old facial recognition system this month, deleting the face scan data of more than one billion users and effectively eliminating a feature that has fueled privacy concerns, government investigations, a class-action lawsuit and regulatory woes. Jerome Pesenti, vice president of artificial intelligence at…