Privacy News & Issues
The Civil Rights Implications of the Federal Use of Facial Recognition Technology A report by the U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS, September 2024 Access the 194-page report at https://www.usccr.gov/files/2024-09/civil-rights-implications-of-frt_0.pdf via Joe Cadillic
Earlier this month, the Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability (PPSA) wrote: The Texas Observer reports that the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) signed a 5-year, nearly $5.3 million contract for the Tangles surveillance tool, originally designed by former Israeli military officers to catch terrorists in the Middle East. In its acquisition plan, DPS references the…
Wes Davis reports: If you’re on LinkedIn, then you should know that the social network has, without asking, opted accounts into training generative AI models. 404Media reports that LinkedIn introduced the new privacy setting and opt-out form before rolling out an updated privacy policy saying that data from the platform is being used to train AI models. As TechCrunch notes,…
David Prosser writes: Nishant Bhajaria believes the technology sector has a problem. A veteran of technology giants including Google, Netflix and Meta, Bhajaria worries that the industry’s customers increasingly regard it with suspicion and cynicism. “We’ve got to help people to a position where they don’t feel the industry is trying to swindle them,” says…