California is contagious?

https://www.cpomagazine.com/data-privacy/proposed-data-privacy-act-for-washington-state-could-be-a-game-changer/

Proposed Data Privacy Act for Washington State Could Be a Game-Changer

Inspired by the example of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Washington State is now considering a comprehensive data privacy act that would protect the personal information of its citizens. If the new Washington Privacy Act (SB 5376) passes the state legislature this year, it would make Washington only the second state in America to adopt a comprehensive data privacy law.

… In fact, much of the language used within the Washington data privacy act is almost exactly the same as that found within the GDPR, especially when it comes to the definition of “personal data” and the notion of which protections should be offered to consumers as a fundamental basis of security and privacy.

With an emphasis on protecting personal information, the Washington data privacy act gives state residents several key rights, including the right to the deletion of data; the right to request any data errors to be corrected; the right to receive a personal copy of any personal data collected by a company in electronic format; and the right to withdraw consent from any personal data being processed.

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https://fpf.org/2019/02/27/fpf-comments-on-the-washington-privacy-act-sb-5376/

FPF Comments on the Washington Privacy Act, SB 5376

Today, the Future of Privacy Forum submitted comments to the Washington State Senate Ways & Means Committee on the proposed Washington Privacy Act, Senate Bill 5376. FPF takes a “neutral” position regarding the Bill, and makes a few important points.

Should Alexa think like a doctor or like a lawyer?

Presentation: “Alexa, What Medication Am I Taking?” A discussion of privacy, security and practical issues implicated by the use of voice technology in healthcare.

Seen on Foley Hoag’s Security, Privacy, and the Law blog:

Partner Colin Zick and Associate Jeremy Meisinger presented to the Massachusetts Health Information Management Association on the legal issues presented by the continued development of voice technology in healthcare. Click here to download the slides.

Why not a simple Traffic Robot? Don’t tie down a human, drop off a sensor loaded automaton and we’re good until the lights come back on.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/366721/waymo-car-ai-obeys-traffic-cop-hand-signals

Waymo Car AI Obeys Traffic Cop Hand Signals

Self-driving cars need to cope with every situation a human driver can, and that includes faulty lights at a junction being replaced with a traffic cop giving hand signals to follow.

A most interesting article. Clausewitz is too old (1832), let’s use Sun Tzu (500BC?) instead.

https://taskandpurpose.com/just-say-no-to-clausewitz

Why we should stop teaching Clausewitz

Could prove useful.

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