Sunday, November 24, 2019


Assume this happens a lot!
Cory Doctorow talks common sense about privacy in describing a huge data leak whose immediate owner is as yet unknown. Cory writes, in part:
The brokers don’t think they were breached. PDL founder Sean Thorne hypothesized that some of the data his company nonconsensually gathered on 1.5 billion people was sold to a normal customer who mishandled it and that is “their responsibility.”
Oxydata exec Martynas Simanauskas said that while his company sells its nonconsensual dossiers on terms that require its customers to manage the data conservatively, “there is no way for us to enforce all of our clients to follow the best data protection practices and guidelines.”
They’re totally right about one thing: once you gather and sell this data, you can’t control it — it’s pluripotent, omnitoxic, and immortal. It’s nuclear waste.
The thing they’re wrong about is the wisdom of selling that pluripotent, omnitoxic, immortal toxic waste, given that they can’t control it.
Read more on BoingBoing.




Consider now.
The challenges that autonomous vehicles pose to the civil liability of the producer
In today's world it is almost impossible to keep abreast of technological and scientific development, the repercussions of which have been felt not only on the global economy but also in our daily lives. Accordingly, since the arrival of one of the most promising scientific advantages of this century - Artificial Intelligence -, several industrial sectors, namely the automobile industry, have been developing to an immeasurable rhythm. In this way, the so called Autonomous Vehicles will soon be part of our daily lives, thus becoming preeminent for the Law to anticipate issues that may arise in the future, such as the potential civil liability of the producer of Autonomous Vehicles. Hence, this dissertation will address the suitability of the 33-year-old European Directive on producer liability in light of the challenges posed by Autonomous Vehicles. Then, based on a careful and critical analysis, it will point out the necessary changes to be performed within such legal framework.




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