Because GDPR was not enough?
Surprise: Latest Draft Of The EU's Next Big Privacy Law Includes Some Improvements
The EU's new ePrivacy regulation is a strange beast. It's important, designed to complement the EU's GDPR. Where the GDPR is concerned with personal data "at rest" -- how it is stored and processed -- the ePrivacy Regulation can be thought of as dealing with personal data in motion. Despite that importance, it is largely unknown, except to people working in this area. That low profile is particularly strange given the fierce fighting that is taking place over what exactly it should allow or forbid. Businesses naturally want as much freedom as possible to use personal data as they wish, while privacy activists want the new regulation to strengthen the protection already provided by the GDPR.
A new draft version of the ePrivacy regulation has appeared from the Presidency of the EU Council, currently held by Germany. It is a nearly illegible mess of deletions and additions, but it contains some welcome improvements from the previous version (pdf), which was released in March 2020. One relates to the protection of the "end-users' terminal equipment" -- a legalistic way of saying the device used by the user.
… But the most significant change from the previous version concerns the controversial issue of "legitimate interests". This was perhaps the biggest loophole in the previous draft
… The concept of "legitimate interests" was so vague that it essentially allowed companies to do pretty much whatever they wanted with sensitive personal information they gathered. The latest draft from the German Presidency deletes this section completely. That's good news for users of online services, but predictably, telecoms companies are unhappy.
Other priorities? The political value was not as great as they thought?
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/10/what-happened-to-tiktok-deal-trump-administration-silent.html
TikTok hasn’t heard from the Trump administration in weeks, prompting latest CFIUS petition
Is this how AIs will make us trust them?
Do You Trust Artificial Intelligence?
Can we make people trust AI more using attachment security?
… what happens when people are being introduced to a new AI technology? How likely are they to trust the new technology?
With an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Kansas, we set to find out. The results are published in a new paper in the journal Computers in Human Behavior. We found that people’s trust in AI is tied to their relationship or attachment style. Our research shows that people who are anxious about their relationships with humans tend to be less trusting when it comes to AI. Importantly, the research also suggests trust in artificial intelligence can be increased by reminding people of their secure relationships with other humans.
I wonder how many thought wearing a mask was unnecessary? (Suggesting there was some mental impairment before infection.)
https://www.bespacific.com/one-in-five-covid-19-patients-develop-mental-illness-within-90-days/
One in five COVID-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days
Reuters – “Many COVID-19 survivors are likely to be at greater risk of developing mental illness, psychiatrists said on Monday, after a large study found 20% of those infected with the coronavirus are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder within 90 days. Anxiety, depression and insomnia were most common among recovered COVID-19 patients in the study who developed mental health problems. The researchers from Britain’s Oxford University also found significantly higher risks of dementia, a brain impairment condition. “People have been worried that COVID-19 survivors will be at greater risk of mental health problems, and our findings … show this to be likely,” said Paul Harrison, a professor of psychiatry at Oxford. Doctors and scientists around the world urgently need to investigate the causes and identify new treatments for mental illness after COVID-19, Harrison said. “(Health) services need to be ready to provide care, especially since our results are likely to be underestimates (of the number of psychiatric patients),” he added.
The study, published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal, analysed electronic health records of 69 million people in the United States, including more than 62,000 cases of COVID-19. The findings are likely to be the same for those afflicted by COVID-19 worldwide, the esearchers said..”
Perspective. Not you can watch your house burn down from anywhere!
https://www.makeuseof.com/ring-smart-doorbells-recalled-after-fire/
Ring Smart Doorbells Are Being Recalled After Some Caught Fire
The recall affects over 350,000 2nd generation Ring doorbells, which suffer from a battery fault.
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