X (formerly Twitter) is petitioning the FTC to end a 20-year data privacy order. Critics and commenters urge the FTC to deny the petition, citing Musk's track record and recent data breaches, arguing the oversight is still necessary.
Meta Platforms has started laying off employees globally, with Singapore workers receiving termination emails early Wednesday. The company aims for a flatter structure and is prioritizing AI, reassigning 7,000 employees to AI teams.
General Motors has agreed to pay $12.75 million to settle a California data privacy lawsuit that accused the automaker of selling driver location and driver data, as reported earlier by Reuters. In a proposed settlement filed on Friday, GM agreed to stop selling customer information to data brokers for five years and must give California […]
Decision made to grant US tech firm ‘unlimited access’ to data in project to build integrated platform, according to reportsUK politics live – latest updatesMPs have warned that an NHS decision to grant Palantir access to identifiable patient information in its plan to use AI to improve the health service is “dangerous” and will fuel public fears that data privacy is not being prioritised.NHS England has allowed staff from the US tech firm and other contractors access to patient data before it has been pseudonymised, despite internal fears of a “risk of loss of public confidence”, the Financial Times reported. Continue reading...
The UK government is expanding the use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology across police forces to identify suspects in real-time. While authorities view it as a major crime-fighting tool, critics raise concerns about privacy, civil liberties, and potential bias.
Chris Gray, who sold his Shark Tank-backed scholarship search startup Scholly to Sallie Mae in 2023, is suing the student loan giant for wrongful termination. Gray alleges Sallie Mae laid off his co-founders, fired him after he raised concerns about data privacy, and is selling user data—including personal info on minors—through a subsidiary called SLM Education Services (Sallie.com). Gray claims he believed Sallie Mae, as a federally regulated bank, would be prohibited from selling user data. Sallie Mae called the allegations 'without merit.'
John Edwards says he is fully cooperating with ICO’s independent inquiry into ‘HR matters’The UK’s information commissioner has stepped back from his job after the data protection regulator launched an independent workplace investigation into unspecified “HR matters”.John Edwards, the national watchdog for information rights, data privacy and transparency among public bodies, said he was cooperating with the investigation in a post on his LinkedIn account. Continue reading...
Congress is once again attempting to pass a national data privacy law. But while it would introduce new protections in some states, it would weaken privacy rights in others - and it's missing several elements that privacy advocates deem necessary. The SECURE Data Act is the product of a Republican data privacy working group led […]
Two Republican-backed data privacy bills set for introduction would create a national standard for how tech and finance companies handle user data, preempting nearly two dozen state laws. The SECURE Data Act targets technology companies while the GUARD Financial Data Act focuses on financial services. Both bills allow users to access, correct, delete data and opt out of targeted ads, but notably do not allow private lawsuits for violations.
Bobby Kotick, former head of Activision Blizzard, may buy TikTok amid its potential US ban. A bill to sell TikTok is introduced, backed by President Biden. Kotick discussed acquisition with OpenAI head. Activision Blizzard faced a lawsuit. Concerns about data privacy and ties to China persist. TikTok urges American users to support it.
