Can the data my vendors and utilities have on me ever be private?

https://www.pogowasright.org/ice-investigators-use-private-database-covering-millions-of-individuals-to-pursue-immigration-violations/

ICE Investigators Use Private Database Covering Millions of Individuals to Pursue Immigration Violations

Raymond G. Lahoud of Norris McLaughlin writes:

According to Georgetown Law researchers, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have bought private data containing millions of individuals’ phone, water, electricity, and other utility records. ICE will use these records to pursue immigration violations. ICE’s use of this private data shows how government agencies exploit commercial data to gain access to information that they are not to compile themselves.

The Private Database

CLEAR, a database company owned by Thomson Reuters, sells “legal investigation software solutions” to a broad range of companies and public agencies.

Read more on National Law Review.

As always, the question is: can you hire the needed expertise without being bamboozled?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cindygordon/2021/03/22/building-ai-leadership-brain-trust-blog-series-mathematics-literacy-is-foundational-to-artificial-intelligence-and-executive-leadership-governing-ai/?sh=6899271d9f3e

What Are Your Board Directors And CEO’s Mathematics Literacy and Skills In Building AI Brain Trust?

In this blog series, I have identified forty skill domains in an AI Leadership Brain Trust Framework to guide board directors and CEOs to ensure they can develop and accelerate their investments in successful AI initiatives. You can see the full roster of the forty leadership Brain Trust skills in my first blog.

In the last two blogs, the focus has been on Mathematics Literacy, which is one of the ten technical skills to develop in building a strong foundation of AI Literacy in board directors and in CEO’s to lead and govern AI effectively and efficiently.

The premise I have is that AI will underpin all business processes and practices and will be more than the new electricity in our organizations, rather it will be like the new oxygen, in every business process, every software system, every infrastructure, and eventually hard wired into every human.

A useful summary?

https://www.bespacific.com/an-overview-of-federal-regulations-and-the-rulemaking-process/

An Overview of Federal Regulations and the Rulemaking Process

CRS In Focus – An Overview of Federal Regulations and the Rulemaking Process, Updated March 19, 2021.

For my techno-geek friends and my ethical hackers.

https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/google-launches-a-new-app-that-connects-nearby-devices-without-bluetooth-internet-connection-71616399596480.html

Google launches a new app that connects nearby devices without Bluetooth, Internet connection

In case you don’t know, WiFi Aware is Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) that lets smartphones running Android 8 and later versions to “discover and connect directly to each other without any other type of connectivity between them.”

Google has found a new way to keep nearby smartphones and users connected as it has launched its “WifiNanScan App”. This is not for end users but it will eventually affect their day to day usage, as reported by 9to5Google. The “WifiNanScan App” is meant for developers so they can experiment with WiFi Aware.

In case you don’t know, WiFi Aware is Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) that lets smartphones running Android 8 and later versions to “discover and connect directly to each other without any other type of connectivity between them.” The API discovers the nearby devices and creates a network for sharing data or sending short messages.