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Data Brokers Collect Your Location, Share It With Companies and Law Enforcement. Opting Out Isn't Easy But Here's How That's Changing
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Will Newsom Sign These Tech Bills?
Despite amendments that were lobbied by tech companies such as Anthropic, it didn’t seem to convert the bill’s naysayers.
How to Opt Out from the Biggest Data Brokers
How to Opt Out from the Biggest Data Brokers One of the largest data brokers recently experienced a theft that revealed the social security number...
CA AI Bills Get Watered Down As They Move to Senate Floor
Senate Bill 1047, the high-profile bill aimed at regulating future AI systems, was amended following suggestions from the AI company Anthropic. Another bill concerning discriminatory algorithms, AB 2930, was also defanged, and a bill mandating the DMV disclose more autonomous vehicle data also moved forward.
Software Used By a Meditation App and DoorDash is Being Sued For Sending Personal Data to Unknown Third Parties Without Consent
Calm is a popular guided meditation app that seeks to help you "stress less," "sleep more," and "live mindfully." It also tells lots of unknown third parties that you're depressed without your consent. People order food through DoorDash and swipe on the dating app Tagged, but it's collecting their geolocation.
Google The Monopolist
When we started the Inside Google Project in 2008, we envisioned the day when a judge would rule that Google was a monopoly. Yesterday Judge Amit P. Mehta...
No Opt Out
With thousands of companies selling your data, there is no easy way to exercise privacy right. But help is on the way. Even with strong...
Consumer Alert: Data Parasites
Did you know Facebook tracks what you do even when you’ve deactivated your account, or even if you don’t have an account? It knows about thousands of businesses that you visit online.
Report Shows How Loophole in Privacy Law Makes Opting Out of Facebook Data Sharing Difficult; Global Opt Out Law Needed
Facebook alone gets data from thousands of companies, and opting out is annoying.
The Tech Bills The California Privacy Agency Has Eyes On
The agency has some edits.
Key AI and Data Privacy Bills Move Through CA Legislature
California Bills regulating major AI systems of tomorrow, the data of minors, algorithms, and web browsers made key advancements in the legislature Tuesday. As a federal data privacy law appears to be in jeopardy, and California is forging relationships with international allies over D.C. in the name of data privacy, these bills move closer to the governor's desk.
What’s Changed in the New Federal Privacy Bill?
36 hours before advancing out of subcommittee to the full Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday, lawmakers released a revised version of the American Privacy Rights Act