EU gives UK a post-Brexit four-year pass on data transfers
Gridlock has been averted by the European Commission, which gave an adequacy endorsement for the UK’s privacy protections. Pending approval by the individual EU countries, this will allow data sharing between the EU and UK, subject to monitoring and review.
New York City has just enacted a strict Biometric Privacy Law requiring businesses to provide customers notice of use of facial recognition and other biometric technology. New York’s law will go into effect in July. It follows Portland, Oregon’s facial recognition ban, which became law January 1. More cities and states are expected to follow. Read More – NYC Read More – Portland
Testing conducted by the Wall Street Journal showed that Facebook's software collects data from many apps, regardless of whether a Facebook account is used to log in - or even whether the user is a Facebook member. That's because Apple and Google app stores don't require apps to disclose who they share data with, and research showed that in some cases there was almost immediate transfer of information to Facebook. New York State's Department of Financial Services has issued a detailed report and is investigating Facebook as the result of a call to action by Governor Andrew Cuomo.
It barely feels like news when industry giants add AI features, since that’s what they’re expected to do. But lots of people use their products, so their announcements are probably of higher interest than most. With that in mind, let’s note that Adobe has just announced general availability of agents for audience creation, journey orchestration, experimentation, journey insights, website optimization and agent support.