“JLT” is not happy with Facebook. Not at all. The independent researcher from the EU contacted me to ask, “Hey I just found out something and you know way more than me about US law so maybe you can help me with this: isn’t it illegal for a company to not allow you to unsubscribe…
Italian Legislator and Regulator Update Rules on Processing of Health Data for Medical Research
Kristof Van Quathem and Laura Somaini of Covington and Burling write: On May 9, 2024, the Italian data protection authority (“Garante”) published a decision identifying the safeguards that controllers must put in place when processing health data for medical research purposes, in cases where data subjects’ consent cannot be obtained for ethical or organizational reasons. The Garante’s…
AI Relies On Mass Surveillance, Warns Signal Boss
Daxia Rojas reports: The AI tools that crunch numbers, generate text and videos and find patterns in data rely on mass surveillance and exercise concerning control over our lives, the boss of encrypted messaging app Signal told AFP on Thursday. Pushing back against the unquestioning enthusiasm at VivaTech in Paris, Europe’s top startup conference where…
Here’s how machine learning can violate your privacy
Jordan Awan writes: Machine learning has pushed the boundaries in several fields, including personalized medicine, self-driving cars and customized advertisements. Research has shown, however, that these systems memorize aspects of the data they were trained with in order to learn patterns, which raises concerns for privacy. In statistics and machine learning, the goal is to learn from past data…