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Twitch, a platform for video game and e-sport broadcasts, is investigating the extent of a breach that 4chan claims to be about 128GB of data, including source codes and user payout information.

The European Union’s Parliament voted for a total ban on biometric surveillance in public spaces to preserve “privacy and human dignity.” They also called for bans on private facial recognition databases used by Clearview AI and others, and on social scoring systems that rate by behavior or personality.

The Genetic Information Privacy Act (SB 41) has just been signed by California’s governor to give consumers more control over how their DNA will be used. It includes a right to revoke consent and to require companies like Ancestry to destroy biological samples on request. A second new law (AB 825) expands California’s definition of personal data to include genetic data.

Morning Consult Trust Brand Report results indicate the consumers want privacy protected and respected, with 65% saying they’d stop using a brand that gave away their data – and would not buy from that company ever again. Additionally, more than 41% made clear that unethical behavior and allowing misinformation to be on a platform are also deal breakers for brand trust.

Potentially at stake: 1) an end to walled garden advertising, 2) new restrictions on tracking health data, and 3) a crackdown on collection of children’s data.

If you’re one of Google’s 150 million users and part of the 90% who have ignored their admonitions to use two-factor identification, the game will soon be up when Google turns it on by default. Google will also require more than 2 million YouTube creators to turn on two-factor authentication for their channels.

When choosing a new data provider, privacy (48%) ranks 4th in importance to major US brands, after data quality (64%), reputation (60%), and connectivity to provider (53%), according to a new Stirista study.  Is that glass half empty or half full?

The shocking reveal of tens of thousands of Facebook documents, including research that they knew their products could harm young people, has prompted Facebook to announce plans for “features” for teens and for parents to control privacy. This includes, 1) encouraging teens to take breaks from using Instagram, 2) “nudging” teens not to look at content not conducive to their well-being, and 3) instituting (optional) controls for adults to use to supervise teens online. Umm…thinking here that a teen advisory panel might be in order to effect real change.

The SaaS system, currently in beta, enables engineers to create anonymized, synthetic data sets.

The funds will be used for privacy machine learning at Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs).