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FTC fines Twitter $150M for using 2FA info for targeted advertising
The Federal Trade Commission has fined Twitter $150 million for using phone numbers and email addresses collected to enable two-factor authentication for targeted advertising.
ICO fines facial recognition database company Clearview AI Inc more than £7.5m and orders UK data to be deleted
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Clearview AI Inc £7,552,800 for using images of people in the UK, and elsewhere, that were collected from the web and social media to ...
Outgoing Canadian privacy commissioner critical of companies, Ottawa in final speech
In one of his last public speeches before his term runs out next week, the federal privacy commissioner again urged Parliament to make privacy an enforceable right for all Canadians. ...
California Assembly Proposes Data Privacy Law for Workers
Assembly Bill 1651, or the Workplace Technology Accountability Act, a new bill proposed by California Assembly Member Ash Kalra, would regulate employers and their vendors regarding the use ...
Facial recognition technology ‘not advanced enough’ for use by Garda
Expert in artificial intelligence says use of new tech could lead to legal and ethical problems
Facial recognition technology will be available to gardaí to help identify suspects under new law
Gardaí will be given powers to use facial recognition technology to identify suspects in serious crimes for the first time.
Garda to use facial recognition technology
Civil liberties groups have previously voiced worries over surveillance and discrimination