U.S. President’s executive order calls for new privacy rules
Stating Big Tech platforms gather too much personal information, President Biden wants the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to set new rules on surveillance and accumulation of data.
Stating Big Tech platforms gather too much personal information, President Biden wants the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to set new rules on surveillance and accumulation of data.
The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) was signed into law, making it the third state to pass a privacy law following California and Virginia. Consumers there can now ask companies not to sell their data. They also have rights to have data deleted, and companies will be required to request consent when they want to collect sensitive data, such as Social Security numbers and drivers’ license numbers. Read More – Colorado Legislation
In what Mozilla calls the “largest-ever crowdsourced investigation,” more than 37,000 YouTube users volunteered to find the extent of harms YouTube’s recommendation algorithm imposed on people via its recommendations. The algorithm, which drives 70% of watch time on the second-most-visited website in the world, was shown to be spreading misinformation and offensive content, and politicizing issues in 3,362 videos identified as “regrettable” coming from 91 countries.
Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation. The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.