Florida’s privacy Bill 262 heads to the governor to sign, but it only grants state residents limited rights – to know, to correct and delete certain information. But the law has scant applicability, so is raising the ire of consumer advocates.
It’s easy (and sometimes convenient) not to delete data – but don’t! Google just got called out by a whistleblower for having saved resumes and personal data of EU and UK job interviewees, some who applied a decade or more ago. This violates EU and UK laws which don’t allow long-term retention of data that’s not strictly necessary. The company did in the past year roll out an auto-deletion tool, but that still doesn’t address its earlier non-compliance.
Bospar, a PR and marketing firm, published a survey about ChatGPT, AI and the news. From the perspective of the more than 1,000 US adult survey participants, 74% believe a quarter or more of the news will be generated by AI by 2025, and 93% expressed some fear for the future because of that. This seems apt, since of the more than 300 media workers also surveyed, 74% reported having used or experimented with ChatGPT or other generative AI. When asked its potential to affect the news, respondents said generative... Read More >
T-Mobile will acquire out-of-home adtech business Vistar Media for $600 million. Vistar Media is managing advertising campaigns across over one million digital screens. Its capabilities will combine with T-Mobile’s customer insights and data and its extensive in-store retail media network.