Pop Quiz: A company misrepresents what its service can do. An innocent consumer, having relied on their claims, signs up for their service but soon discovers that it cannot do what Sales had assured them it would. Upon discovering the misrepresentation within days of subscribing to the service, the consumer immediately tries to cancel the…
Category: U.S.
Maryland Private School’s Surveys on Gender Identity and Sexuality Stir Parental Concern
Today’s reminder to read what your kids bring home for school or to find out what they are being asked to reveal. Seen on yourNEWS: At a prestigious private school in Baltimore County, Maryland, surveys asking young students about their gender identity and sexual experiences have led to significant parental backlash. Parents at the elite…
New Privacy Rights Act Exempts Government and Gives More Power to the FTC
Elizabeth Nolan Brown writes: Data privacy talk in Congress seems kind of ironic coming just a week after lawmakers rejected a proposal to make federal authorities get a warrant to search Americans’ electronic communications. But in keeping with that move, the American Privacy Rights Act—a draft data privacy bill that will be getting a hearing in the…
ACLU Sues NSA, Defense Department for AI Spy Program Records
Tonya Riley reports: The American Civil Liberties Union sued the National Security Agency Thursday, alleging it failed to disclose documents about its deployment of artificial intelligence under federal public records law. Transparency about the agency’s ramped-up use of AI is critical to allowing the public to understand how their rights are being affected, and the…