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The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) was signed into law, making it the third state to pass a privacy law following California and Virginia. Consumers there can now ask companies not to sell their data. They also have rights to have data deleted, and companies will be required to request consent when they want to collect sensitive data, such as Social Security numbers and drivers’ license numbers. Read More – Colorado Legislation

Stating Big Tech platforms gather too much personal information, President Biden wants the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to set new rules on surveillance and accumulation of data.

In what Mozilla calls the “largest-ever crowdsourced investigation,” more than 37,000 YouTube users volunteered to find the extent of harms YouTube’s recommendation algorithm imposed on people via its recommendations. The algorithm, which drives 70% of watch time on the second-most-visited website in the world, was shown to be spreading misinformation and offensive content, and politicizing issues in 3,362 videos identified as “regrettable” coming from 91 countries.

AnyVision, an Israeli company that has garnered controversy for its technology that transforms passive cameras into active security systems to surveil and monitor crowds, adds a big funding round to the approximately $116M previously raised. The system, which is used by hospitals, schools and retailers including Macy’s and BP, uses AI and biometrics to identify individuals and assess behavior. It also has an ability to assess elevated temperature, which could be used for COVID-19 or other illness risk.

Lawyers intend to amend and refile on behalf of users ages 13-16 (which, apparently, would be allowed).

The consent and preference platform helps enterprises, including Rakuten, Orange and Adevinta, manage user consent choices and run analytics.

The company provides a toolset for helping companies mitigate fraud and money laundering risks.  The round values the Unit21at $300M.

The platform uses natural language understanding (NLU) to analyze signals to understand the context of communications.

A new LinkedIn breach is reported to have exposed the data of 700M users, more than 92% of LinkedIn’s total users. A sample of 1M that looks to be valid was posted on the dark web. Information obtained includes names, phone numbers, email and geolocation records.

Consumers in the Netherlands are joining the Data Privacy Foundation and a consumer protection group there, who will sue Facebook over privacy-hostile practices. To date, 185,000 people have registered. The suit is viewed as a potentially important route to work around a perceived bottleneck in GDPR enforcement.

The Data Security Law of the People’s Republic of China (DSL) has been issued and will come into effect September 1. The law governs data activities conducted in China as well as that of organizations from outside that are determined by their activity to harm China’s national security, public interest, or legal interest of its organizations or citizens. It broadens restrictions on transmitting any data for foreign and judicial law enforcement and imposes multiple obligations for data security with a hefty fine for violation, including possible confiscation of up to... Read More >

Edelman released its global brand tracker survey based on interviews with 14,000 participants, including from Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, UK, and the U.S. Results showed a 37% increase in preference for businesses that prioritize value, customer safety, and people, and 88% of respondents said trusting a brand outweighed customer service, convenience, or even loving the brand.