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Nearly 90% of respondents from ad agencies and publishers surveyed by Proximic by Comscore for its “State of Privacy in Advertising Report,” reported privacy legislation had a moderate to significant impact on their ability to deliver personalized ads. Audience targeting and measurement capabilities are also big concerns. Advertisers are trying a range of tactics, including use of AI, to stay competitive.

Teenspace, a free online therapy platform and the product of a $26 million partnership between New York City’s Health Department and teletherapy company Talkspace, may violate state and federal privacy laws, say privacy advocates. More than 16,000 students have signed up for the platform since last year.  Concerns are that information is being improperly collected and is at risk of data breaches.

Those seemingly-innocent driveway dwellers keep craftily sharing data – in fact, even in real time via V2X (a.k.a vehicle-to-everything), which is when your and my data is transmitted to other cars and via sensors along the road – think digital tolls. Now the US Department of Transportation is recommending ways state and local governments can deploy V2X for public safety, but critics believe the data collected, while not giving a specific ID, would share enough that identities would be apparent.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has squared off with Elon Musk, upholding its unique ban of X. This follows court accusations Musk’s platform supported the spread of disinformation to illegally influence the country’s presidential election in 2023. While the EU and other countries are also pushing back against disinformation and hate speech on X, none has gone so far as Brazil's outright ban. Now, it's facing Musk pushback on the grounds of free speech. Fine, if you don't mind whether anything said is true.

The Netherlands’ DPA fined Clearview AI €30.5 million (~$33.7 million), for its “illegal database” of a billion facial images (including of EU citizens) and for continued non-compliance with regulators. This is the largest EU fine to date for US-based Clearview following rulings from other regulators.  The company claims that since it has no EU offices, it shouldn’t be subject to GDPR. The Dutch regulator says the company is liable because it collected EU citizen images without consent.

California’s legislature have sent a number of privacy and AI related bills to the governor for signature, including with rules that would require businesses to provide an opt-out preference signal, reinforcing children’s privacy, and stipulating privacy requirements when there’s a business merger or acquisition.

Many countries recommend reducing screen time for children. This follows reports of developmental harm, including a recent Jama Pediatrics study which found that “for every additional minute of screen time, children heard fewer adult words, spoke fewer vocalizations, and engaged in fewer back-and-forth interactions.” Now, Sweden has joined countries including Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, and the US in recommending screen-time limits. Sweden opted for strict guidelines, second only to France, including that toddlers up to 2 shouldn’t have any exposure to digital screens. The Swedish recommendations ease for older kids, but still keep numbers low suggesting even teens shouldn’t have more than three hours of screen time a day.  What's Swedish for "eye roll?"

The intent is to provide an easy-access reference tool that organizes key data privacy groupings into elements, uses and subjects to show relationships in a common framework.

This will include sending emails and notifications on Facebook and Instagram and providing ways to opt-out.

Verkada was also found to have violated the US CAN-SPAM Act for sending unwanted commercial electronic mail messages. The company will have to pay a $2.95 million fine.

Pixalate’s 2024 survey of Apple App Store found 1,384 ad-enabled apps had no privacy policy and shared EU and UK user data. Twenty-four percent shared device identifiers, location, and IP address, which, when used together, could enable personal identification and breach privacy.  This could put the app developers and Apple, as the data controller, at risk for substantial EU fines.