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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ftc-announces-enforcement-action-3769072/
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On June 16, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced an enforcement action against 1Health.io Inc. ("1Health," also known as Vitagene, Inc.), a genetic testing company that analyzes consumer-provided DNA samples and uses the results of that analysis to generate personalized reports and other tailored products.
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https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/despite-parliament-losses--greens-seek-government-seat/48932372
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Despite their defeat in Sunday's parliamentary elections, the Greens are determined to make a run for a government seat, party president Balthasar Glättli announced on Saturday.
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Despite their defeat in Sunday's parliamentary elections, the Greens are determined to make a run for a government seat, party president Balthasar Glättli announced on Saturday.
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https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/climate-crisis-spiritual-crisis-youth-minister-cop28
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https://cfotech.co.nz/story/decarbonisation-tech-market-to-reach-the-4-trillion-by-2032
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The decarbonisation technologies market is predicted to skyrocket from US$1.45 trillion in 2022 to US$4.09 trillion in 2032, growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 10.93%, according to global intelligence firm ABI Research. With the industrial sector being one of the major...
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mps-foreign-interference-nsicop-1.7224132?cmp=rss
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Senior cabinet ministers wouldn't say Tuesday if the government is prepared to release the names of parliamentarians who are alleged to have conspired with foreign governments and to have consciously shared sensitive information with their agents — conduct that one expert says could amount to...
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Current: IDC Industry Security Survey Analysis: U.S. Federal, State, and Local Government, 2023
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Publication date: Oct 2023 - Document type: Market Presentation - Doc Document number: # US51275823
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Current: IDC Industry Security Survey Analysis: U.S. Federal, State, and Local Government, 2023
target audience: TECH SUPPLIER
Publication date: Oct 2023 - Document type: Market Presentation - Doc Document number: # US51275823
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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/sec-s-2024-examination-priorities-2743082/
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As reported in more detail on our Regulatory Oversight blog, the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Examinations recently released its 2024 Examination Priorities report. The report underscores the SEC's intent to focus on risk areas impacting market participants, particularly those related to cryptocurrency and emerging technology.
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https://www.wdrb.com/news/national/contec-and-atsign-announce-five-year-partnership-to-secure-iot-data-from-layer-zero/article_91530286-917b-52c8-a0d9-f6a5c80c31ec.html
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OSAKA, Japan and SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CONTEC, the leader in IoT/M2M communication technology, edge AI/data analytics, embedded computing, and industrial automation, and Atsign, the premier data security and privacy technology provider of open-source Networking 2.0...
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/centre-of-excellence-in-paediatric-airway-surgeries-inaugurated-at-kanchi-kamakoti-childs-trust-hospital/article68307577.ece
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Health Minister Ma. Subramanian inaugurated a Centre of Excellence in Paediatric Airway Surgeries (CEPAS) at the Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital here on Wednesday. The aim is to provide medical and surgical treatment to children with complex airway problems. The Chennai Airway Team of the hospital will collaborate with a team from the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), London.
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https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/brazil-data-regulator-bans-meta-mining-data-train-111618265
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil's national data protection authority determined on Tuesday that Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, cannot use data originating in the country to train its artificial intelligence. Meta's updated privacy policy enables the company to feed people's public...
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https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/uk-us-data-bridge-an-extension-to-eu-us-7678196/
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The UK government has published the Data Protection (Adequacy) (United States of America) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/1028) (the UK-US Data Bridge Regulations) which adopted an adequacy decision for the US (the UK-US Data Bridge) and will come into force on 12 October 2023. The UK-US Data Bridge recognizes the US as offering an adequate level of data protection where the transfer is to a US organization that (is listed on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), and (ii) participates in the UK Extension to the DPF.
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https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/397345/eu-regulators-crack-down-on-metas-pay-for-privacy.html
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Regulators in Europe have made a preliminary finding that Meta Platforms violates the Digital Markets Act by requiring Facebook and Instagram users to choose between accepting online ad targeting or paying subscription fees for ad-free versions of the services. First, according to regulators, the approach doesn't allow users to choose an equivalent service that uses less personal data.
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Residents of smart cities are now pushing back against the prioritization of technology over their well-being.
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https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/stately-taurus-abuses-vscode-southeast-asian-espionage/
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Unit 42 researchers recently found that Stately Taurus abused the popular Visual Studio Code software in espionage operations targeting government entities in Southeast Asia. Stately Taurus is a Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group that carries out cyberespionage...
Unit 42 researchers recently found that Stately Taurus abused the popular Visual Studio Code software in espionage operations targeting government entities in Southeast Asia. Stately Taurus is a Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) group that carries out cyberespionage...
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https://www.securityweek.com/spotify-fined-5-million-for-breaching-eu-data-rules/
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Music streaming giant Spotify was on Tuesday fined 58 million kronor ($5.4 million) for not properly informing users on how data it collected on them was being used, Swedish authorities said. Spotify said it planned to appeal the decision. The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection's (IMY) said it had reviewed "how Spotify handles customers' right of access to their personal data." "As a result of the shortcomings identified, IMY is imposing a fine of 58 million kronor on the company," the authority said.
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https://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/national/24211035.ongoing-concerns-mental-health-trust-cared-nottingham-killer/
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said that Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust must improve "to protect patients, families, and the public from the risk of harm". And it raised concerns that mental health trusts around the country face similar "challenges". Health Secretary Victoria Atkins called for a rapid review of the trust in January after Calocane was sentenced to a hospital order for the killings.
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https://www.globalissues.org/news/2024/08/08/37414
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Global Cybercrime Treaty: A delicate balance between security and human rights. Credit: Unsplash/Jefferson Santos Via UN News by Thalif DeenThursday, August 08, 2024Inter Press Service Aug 08 (IPS) - A new UN Cybercrime Treaty, which is expected to be adopted by the UN General Assembly later this...
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https://www.biometricupdate.com/202312/new-data-privacy-concerns-for-namibias-biometric-sim-registration
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The head of the Payment Association of Namibia's e-Money Forum, Paul Rowney, has urged the country's authorities to put an end to the biometric SIM registration exercise until a personal data protection legislation has been enacted.
Rowney, also a former Technology adviser with the United...
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https://abc7news.com/clearview-ai-california-attorney-general-rob-bonta-consumer-watchdog/14231840/
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A facial recognition company is being accused of violating state privacy law - including scraping images online without consent and selling to police. A new report suggests the company's alleged practices are disproportionately impacting communities of color. The report released from Consumer Watchdog says Clearview AI has more than 40 billion images that have been scraped online, often from social media sites.
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FOUNDATION MODELS: HOW THEY CAN USE PERSONAL DATA Generative AI developers Generative AI deployers Training data sources (from internet licenced data Includes publicly available personal data Individual users Outputs: text, code, video, images (includes personal data) Queries (includes personal data) Inputs into foundation model Learns from queries Enterprise Contract Learns from queries Additional training data sources from deployers' systems Includes personal data Inputs into adapted model Outputs: text, code, video, images (includes personal data) PROTECTION RISKS AND CHALLENGES Explaining training data inputs • Explaining learning from queries • Explaining implications of Generative AI outputs, including automated decisions Transparency • Controller & processor roles • Liability • Data Governance • Data Protection by Design • Impact assessments Accountabilty • Right of access • Right of correction or deletion • How do the rights interact with data in foundation models?
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https://www.techradar.com/computing/software/sonos-updates-its-privacy-policy-and-seemingly-hints-theyll-begin-selling-user-data
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Audio brand Sonos is ruffling the feathers of its user base again after it was discovered the company had made an important update to its private policy. As pointed out by YouTuber and repair technician Louis Rossman, the change affects the "How We May Share Personal Information" section. . The old policy had a line that read, "Sonos does not and will not sell personal information about our customers." After that, the rest of the paragraph discussed how certain data practices could be considered as a "sale of data" in certain US states.
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https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/398506/bluesky-users-surge-after-musks-comments-on-uk.html
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Like Meta's Threads app, decentralized social media platform Bluesky -- launched as a direct competitor to Elon Musk's X app -- is providing X users with another potentially less volatile space to commune after Musk slashed the majority of X's content-moderation team in 2022. On Tuesday the microblogging app reported a surge in signups and usage among users in the United Kingdom over the past few days, citing Musk's controversial comments posted to X regarding the recent nationwide riots.