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Categories : CDPI Privacy Newsletter
Dates : January 2024

Children’s Privacy: Google subsidiary, Telus International bought Canadian kid footage from parents for $50

January 9, 2024
A report from 404 media found that between November 2023-January 2024, Telus paid Canadian parents $50 for rights to videos of their children. Telus plans to use the kid videos to train facial recognition for age verification. In explanation (and defense of the project), Telus and Google respectively said the videos will be used to “improve authentication, “offer more secure tools for end users;” and make Google technology “more transparent and accountable.” Wonder if any Google or Telus family kids participated?
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IT’S THE LAW (01/02/2024)

January 2, 2024
The three governing bodies of the EU have reached initial agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), which it is hoped will set a global standard for AI controls in the same way GDPR has done for privacy legislation. However there are concerns that because the current draft is a compromise between stricter, consumer-focused versions favored by the European Parliament and European Commission and the more lenient, industry-friendly terms favored by the European Council, that exemptions included have rendered it less effective.
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