Honda settled allegations that it failed to disclose data agreements with third parties, and requested more personal information than necessary when people tried to exercise privacy rights with the company.Â
The FTC found that retailers do use data such as scrolling habits, purchase history, and location in charging people different prices for the same product.
The California Privacy Protection Agency advanced several regulations surrounding automated decisions and data brokers, as well as announced the exit of Executive Director Ashkan Soltani.
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.
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.Â
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....
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.
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
With Congress at an all-time low in terms of the amount of legislation it has passed, the public is turning to the state level as a way to push forward change.
