A report from the NeuroRights Foundation looks at how neurotech companies are (mostly not) protecting privacy – and what products in multiple industries intend to get access to. The cross-industry report looked at 30 companies, their privacy policies and user agreements for devices that access and can record data from the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves.
A four-year comparison of global data legislation shows many countries with laws previously pending have now passed laws; others that have newly pending legislation, and just a few countries with no draft protection plan. The Licks Attorney maps are based on information from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
How much harm will it take before a reset on whether protecting kids matters? With this US federal court ruling, key provisions of California’s child online safety law have been blocked by NetChoice, the tech trade group standing firm against regulating the tech industry. And, really, why would we want restrain tech, or protect kids from an industry constantly in the news for profiting from them without consent?
Google is facing another antitrust lawsuit, this time in Canada, specifically focusing on anti-competitive practices in online advertising. The Competition Tribunal has been asked to order Google to sell two of its ad tech tools, prohibit future anti-competitive practices and fine the company billions of dollars. In response, Google points to a highly competitive market offering plenty of alternatives.