Suzanne Smalley reports: The tech industry has shaped a series of weak privacy laws nationwide, according to a new report, with half of the 14 states to have passed such laws receiving failing grades and none receiving an “A” on the report’s scorecard. The Electronic Privacy Information Center and U.S. PIRG Education Fund assessed the…
Dutch regulator fines Uber €10 mil. for violating privacy rules around drivers’ data
NL Times reports: Uber received a privacy fine of 10 million euros because the technology company is too unclear about how it handles the personal data of European drivers. According to the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP), which imposed the fine, Uber did not provide sufficient transparency about how long the company kept this type…
Article: Kafka in the Age of AI and the Futility of Privacy as Control
Professor Dan Solove writes: I’m excited to share with you a draft of my forthcoming essay with Professor Woodrow Hartzog (BU Law), Kafka in the Age of AI and the Futility of Privacy as Control, 104 B.U. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2024). It’s a quick read at just 20 pages! You can download the article for free on SSRN.
Trump data protection case thrown out by UK court
RTÉ reports: Donald Trump’s data protection case against a British private investigations firm over a dossier which alleged ties between Mr Trump’s campaign and Russia has been thrown out by London’s High Court. Mr Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, had sued Orbis Business Intelligence about claims in a dossier written by…