Sherry Gong, Tommy Liu, Tong Zhu, and Flora Feng of Hogan Lovells write: On April 25, 2023, the state-backed Guiyang Big Data Exchange (GYDE) announced that it has facilitated and supervised the unprecedented floor trading of personal data in China. To date, no provisions have been put in place to specifically address the compliance requirements…
Amazon to pay over $30 million in FTC settlements over Ring, Alexa privacy violations
Lauren Feiner and Annie Palmer report: Amazon will pay the Federal Trade Commission more than $30 million as part of settlement agreements related to its Alexa and Ring divisions, according to filings on Wednesday. The agency filed a lawsuit alleging Amazon’s Ring doorbell unit violated a portion of the FTC Act that prohibits unfair or deceptive…
Britain to Crack Down on Unauthorised AI Data Collection
Michael Edgar reports: In the aftermath of Rishi Sunak’s sit down with leaders from Open-AI, DeepMind, and Google, Britain announces new measures to crack down on unauthorised gathering of personal data from Artificial Intelligence (AI) companies. Companies utilising generative AI technology have been informed by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) that they remain bound by data protection…
Red poppies and Memorial Day
The following post first appeared on my Chronicles of Dissent blog on May 29, 2006. In light of comments made by Chris Hayes in 2012, it was re-run on Memorial Day that year. Because there are those who are actively eroding and decimating the freedoms and rights true heroes fought and died to defend for us…