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...
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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
Privacy Agency Talks Specter of Federal Preemption
The American Privacy Rights Act Would Virtually Defang the California Privacy Protection Agency.
Federal Privacy Law, Sponsored By Microsoft
The top campaign contributor to APRA's author, Sen. Maria Cantwell, is Microsoft, who is endorsing the bill.
As Washington Stalls, CA Legislature Advances A Number of Tech and Privacy Bills
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.
Are Draft AI Regs Too Strong or Too Weak? The CA Privacy Agency Can’t Decide.
Do the regs have a loophole?
Responding to Clearview AI’s Comments Concerning Consumer Watchdog’s Report on Clearview AI’s Abuses of Our Privacy Rights
In the wake of the publishing of Consumer Watchdog’s report on Clearview AI, both the company’s CEO, Hoan Ton-That, and General Counsel, Jack Mulcaire, objected to the...
CA Privacy Agency Debates Scope of Automated Decisions, Proposes Opt Out Preference Signal Legislation
The state’s top data privacy enforcer, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), has voted on to send a package of rules surrounding data cyber security audits...
Are California’s New Draft AI Regs Good?
More and more, AI is making decisions for us without us evening knowing it. On Monday, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released draft language (opens in...
The White House AI Guidelines: PR Over Policy
While companies such as Open AI, Meta and Google have agreed to promote “safety, security and transparency” regarding their AI technology with the Biden Administration, the agreement rings more like a virtue signaling public relations move than meaningful action.