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GUEST ESSAY: The privacy implications of facial recognition systems rising to the fore

The Last Watchdog

Tech advances are accelerating the use of facial recognition as a reliable and ubiquitous mass surveillance tool, privacy advocates warn. Assuming privacy concerns get addressed, much wider consumer uses are envisioned in areas such as marketing, retailing and health services. Related: Drivers behind facial recognition boom.

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US: The CCPA ‘Moving Target’ One Month Before Privacy Enforcement Begins

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

With the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) enforcement deadline only a month away, Chief Privacy Officers still must grapple with significant uncertainties about what exactly the law requires. Third, it is now clear that Congress will not rush in to preempt the CCPA with a federal privacy law this year. By Jim Halpert.

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EUROPE: e-Privacy Regulation – changes regarding electronic communications and digital marketing

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Since the European Commission unveiled a proposal for an e-Privacy Regulation in January 2017, this new piece of legislation, aiming to adapt rules on electronic communications and cookies, has undergone many iterations. Key topics: current status in the Council’s draft e-Privacy Regulation.

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Guest Post -- New Global Data  and Privacy Regulations in 2018 and the GDPR

AIIM

Data privacy breaches have been in the news again and again this year, eliciting increased concern from regulators and legislative bodies. But one of the most important data privacy milestones on the horizon in 2018 has its roots far earlier, and has been of utmost concern to multinational organizations. is no longer sufficient.

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China finalises its Generative AI Regulation

Data Protection Report

The Generative AI Measures, along with the likely enactment of the Artificial Intelligence Law in the 2023 legislative year, will have a significant impact on the development, provision and use of AI services in China. for support and assistance. The final version followed a draft of the measures released earlier this year.

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Illinois Court Says Biometric Fingerprint is Violation of Privacy, Even Without Injury: Data Privacy Trends

eDiscovery Daily

According to The Verge ( Crucial biometric privacy law survives Illinois court fight , written by Russell Brandom), Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (or BIPA), passed in 2008, requires affirmative consent for companies to collect biometric markers from their customers, including fingerprints and facial recognition models.

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The DDR Advantage: Real-Time Data Defense

Security Affairs

DDR would, in effect, “tag” data so that a GPS-type homing beacon would keep a gapless record of where it went, who accessed it, what they did with it, and (with the help of some cyber sleuthing) perhaps why. The second benefit is what we’ll be focusing on today. DDR Knows What Your Data Did Last Summer Then, along came a revolutionary idea.