What happened to their managers?
https://www.cpomagazine.com/data-privacy/uk-ico-opens-probe-into-barclays-for-employee-surveillance/
UK ICO Opens Probe Into Barclays for Employee Surveillance
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the country’s independent data privacy watchdog, has opened an investigation into London-based bank Barclays over improper tracking of its employees during work hours. The probe is investigating claims of employee surveillance that include using tracking software to determine when and for how long employees were away from their desks, and how much time they were spending on a particular task.
The actions represent a serious potential violation of the terms of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which the UK ICO remains bound to until 2021.
Will any government willingly give up income?
https://www.bespacific.com/california-dmv-is-selling-drivers-data-to-private-investigators/
California DMV Is Selling Drivers’ Data to Private Investigators
Motherboard: “The California Department of Motor Vehicles is selling drivers’ data to private investigators and bail bondsmen, according to an internal DMV document obtained by Motherboard. The document in all lists nearly 98,000 entities that have had access to some form of DMV data, including trucking companies and insurance firms. The revelation highlights how not only private companies are in the business of selling information but some government bodies as well, and has reignited calls for laws around drivers’ data to be changed. The news comes after Motherboard previously revealed that the California DMV makes $50 million a year selling data of drivers…”
A new tool, used because it’s new?
https://www.wired.com/story/star-witness-your-smart-speaker/
Meet the Star Witness: Your Smart Speaker
Requests are rising from law enforcement for information on the devices, which can include internet queries, food orders, and overheard conversations.
Good summary.
https://venturebeat.com/2020/08/23/the-term-ethical-ai-is-finally-starting-to-mean-something/
The term ‘ethical AI’ is finally starting to mean something
Perhaps only AI lawyers should argue this case… Jury of AI peers?
This Guy is Suing the Patent Office for Deciding an AI Can't Invent Things
A computer scientist who created an artificial intelligence system capable of generating original inventions is suing the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) over its decision earlier this year to reject two patent applications which list the algorithmic system, known as DABUS, as the inventor.
The lawsuit is the latest step in an effort by Stephen Thaler and an international group of lawyers and academics to win inventorship rights for non-human AI systems, a prospect that raises fundamental questions about what it means to be creative and also carries potentially paradigm-shifting implications for certain industries.
… In his suit, filed August 6 in the Eastern District of Virginia’s federal court, Thaler argues that the USPTO should instead adopt the principle laid out in a 1943 report from the National Patent Planning Commission, which helped reform the country’s patent system into its modern form. The commission wrote, “patentability shall be determined objectively by the nature of the contribution to the advancement of the art, and not subjectively by the nature of the process by which the invention may have been accomplished.”
… A Chinese court recently ruled that AI-generated articles, made possible only because of copyrighted, human-produced content, can be protected by their own copyright.
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