Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On September 18, 2024, the National Technical Committee 260 on Cybersecurity Standardization Administration of China released the “Cybersecurity Standard Practice Guideline – Sensitive Personal Information Identification Guideline” (the “Guideline”). Prior to this Guideline, existing laws of China, such as the Personal Information Protection Law and the Information Security Technology – Personal…
Activist wins privacy case against Meta over personal data on sexual orientation
Associated Press reports: The European Union’s top court has said social media company Meta cannot use public information about a user’s sexual orientation obtained outside its platforms for personalised advertising under the bloc’s strict data privacy rules. The decision from the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg is a victory for Austrian…
The dark side of Meta’s smart glasses: Harvard students reveal how Mark Zuckerberg’s creepy spectacles can be used to instantly find strangers’ names and addresses
Jonathan Chadwick reports: Ever since Meta debuted its smart glasses back in 2021, concerns have been raised over their ability to film people without their knowledge. Now, two Harvard students have taken the device’s privacy-invading capabilities even further – by building a modified version called ‘I-XRAY’. The creepy system uses AI and facial recognition software to instantly dox people’s…
Neural data privacy an emerging issue as California signs protections into law
Suzanne Smalley reports: Neurobiologist Rafael Yuste had what he calls his “Oppenheimer moment” a decade ago after he learned that he could take over the minds of mice by turning on certain neurons in their brains with a laser. While initially excited about how the discovery might help schizophrenics suffering hallucinations, Yuste’s euphoria dissipated once…