Yan Luo, Zhijing Yu and Nicholas Shepherd of Covington & Burling write: On April 19, 2019, China’s Ministry of Public Security (“MPS”) released the final version of its Guideline for Internet Personal Information Security Protection (互联网个人信息安全保护指南) (the “Guideline”). A previous version of the Guideline was released for public comments on November 30, 2018. Under China’s…
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AI diagnoses PTSD by analyzing veterans’ voices
Dave Pearson reports: Working with SRI International, the California tech lab that gave the world Siri, mental health specialists at NYU Langone have developed an AI-based tool that uses voice analysis to diagnose posttraumatic stress disorder—potentially via telemedicine. Senior study author Charles Marmar, MD, and co-authors described their work in a study published online April 22…
Google’s Sensorvault Can Tell Police Where You’ve Been
Jennifer Lynch writes: Do you know where you were five years ago? Did you have an Android phone at the time? It turns out Google might know—and it might be telling law enforcement. In a new article, the New York Times details a little-known technique increasingly used by law enforcement to figure out everyone who…
Facebook fights to “shield Zuckerberg” from punishment in US privacy probe
How many “unintentional” breaches can Facebook have before people start holding Zuckerberg himself responsible or accountable? In case you missed the latest episode of Facebook’s privacy violations, read this Business Insider story by Rob Price from this week for more background: Facebook says it ‘unintentionally uploaded’ 1.5 million people’s email contacts without their consent. Jon…