Victor Tangermann reports: Schools are employing dubious AI-powered software to accuse teenagers of wanting to harm themselves and sending the cops to their homes as a result — with often chaotic and traumatic results. As the New York Times reports, software being installed on high school students’ school-issued devices tracks every word they type. An algorithm then…
Category: Surveillance
EPIC, Coalition Urge EU Council to Reconsider Proposals That Would Undermine Encryption
From the good folks at EPIC: EPIC, along with 54 other civil society organizations, industry, and professional associations, wrote a letter to the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs Council, warning them of the dangers of undermining encryption for further law enforcement access to data. The High-Level Group on Access to Data for Effective Law Enforcement, also…
Facial recognition and privacy: Updated OAIC guidance
Lisa Fitzgerald and Steven Li of Norton Rose Fulbright write: The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has issued guidance to private sector organisations who are considering using facial recognition technology (FRT) for identification purposes in commercial or retail settings. The guidance follows a determination of the Privacy Commissioner which found that the use…
Senators want to block data brokers from selling health and location data
Suzanne Smalley reports: Senate Democrats introduced a bill on Tuesday that would prohibit data brokers from selling or transferring location and health data and provide the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with $1 billion for enforcement. The bill also would give the FTC, state attorneys general and victims of data broker abuses the right to sue brokers for…