No calm start to the New Year
Privacy is intertwined with the news on many fronts this week. Clearview AI facial recognition used to track U.S. insurgents, Apple upends Facebook claims on WhatsApp privacy, and Singapore admits contact tracing app data was used by police - and will be going forward.
--Susan Raab, Editor
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Controversial facial recognition app used in effort to locate rioters
Clearview AI sees 26% spike following U.S. Capitol attack
Clearview AI, which raised privacy concerns for amassing billions of facial images scraped without consent from social media, is used by some in law enforcement to help identify Capitol rioters quickly.
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Substantial opt-outs on social likely from Apple giving users more data control
Facebook and Snapchat stand to lose most from new Apple IDFA changes according to new report
MKM Partners research report indicates Facebook may have had good reason for its opposition to Apple's new Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) rules, and could face a 3%-5% loss.
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