The Privacy Foundation encourages you to save Friday, April 30th 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM for the 2021 Virtual (via Zoom) Spring Seminar: US State and EU Privacy Developments. The panel experts will delve into the impact of the CCPA and the GDPR since they were initiated. CLE credit has been awarded. Please register by clicking on the link below.
US State and EU Privacy Developments Registration
This spring’s panelists include Tyler Thompson, of GreenbergTraurig, Arielle Brown, of Hogan Lovells US LP, Bob Sprague, Professor of Business Law, University of Wyoming, and Camila Tobón, of Davis Graham and Stubbs LLP.
Please visit the Privacy Foundation Website to find links to articles for the seminar: https://www.law.du.edu/privacy-foundation
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Status Of Proposed CCPA-Like State Privacy Legislation As of April 19, 2021
Keypoint: This week Florida’s two bills continued to progress, the Washington Privacy Act failed to pass out of the House at the deadline (but the bill sponsor says it is still alive), new bills were introduced in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, and Maryland’s bill died.
David Strauss of Husch Blackwell LLP writes:
Below is our eighth weekly update on the status of proposed CCPA-like privacy legislation. Before we get to our update, we wanted to provide two reminders.
First, we have been regularly updating our 2021 State Privacy Law Tracker to keep pace with the latest developments. We encourage you to bookmark the page for easy reference.
What’s New
In Washington, the Washington Privacy Act (WPA) failed to pass the House by the April 11 deadline. However, on April 12, Senator Carlyle (the primary author of the WPA) tweeted that the “bill remains alive through the end of the session.” Nonetheless, no public movement on the WPA took place this past week and the legislature will close on April 25.
In Florida, HB 969 passed out of the Commerce Committee on April 14 and was given a first reading on April 15. Its counterpart, SB 1734, passed out of the Rules Committee on April 6, and has been placed on the calendar for a second reading in the Senate. The Florida legislature adjourns on April 30.
In Alaska, HB 159 is set for a hearing in the House Labor and Commerce Committee on April 23.
Lawmakers introduced new bills in Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
Finally, Maryland’s legislature closed on April 12 without passing its proposed bill.
Read more on JDSupra.
When you can see no way to use a tool ethically? When not using it means some bad guys go free?
Pressure mounts on DHS to stop using Clearview AI facial recognition
Pressure is mounting on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to discontinue — or at least clarify — its relationship with Clearview AI, a controversial facial recognition company best known for scraping billions of images of people from social media sites.
A coalition of nearly 70 immigrant rights, civil liberties and privacy groups called on the agency to “immediately stop” using the company’s technology in a letter sent to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday that was first shared with The Hill.
Clearview AI provides software that can identify and provide information about individuals using images of their faces. The technology is marketed to law enforcement but has also been used by private organizations like the NBA
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U.S. banks deploy AI to monitor customers, workers amid tech backlash
Several U.S. banks have started deploying camera software that can analyze customer preferences, monitor workers and spot people sleeping near ATMs, even as they remain wary about possible backlash over increased surveillance, more than a dozen banking and technology sources told Reuters.
Previously unreported trials at City National Bank of Florida and JPMorgan Chase & Co as well as earlier rollouts at banks such as Wells Fargo & Co offer a rare view into the potential U.S. financial institutions see in facial recognition and related artificial intelligence systems.
Widespread deployment of such visual AI tools in the heavily regulated banking sector would be a significant step toward their becoming mainstream in corporate America.
Bobby Dominguez, chief information security officer at City National, said smartphones that unlock via a face scan have paved the way.
Isn’t it too early to make such a claim?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/technology/global-tipping-point-tech.html
A Global Tipping Point for Reining In Tech Has Arrived
China fined the internet giant Alibaba a record $2.8 billion this month for anticompetitive practices, ordered an overhaul of its sister financial company and warned other technology firms to obey Beijing’s rules.
Now the European Commission plans to unveil far-reaching regulations to limit technologies powered by artificial intelligence.
And in the United States, President Biden has stacked his administration with trustbusters who have taken aim at Amazon, Facebook and Google.
Around the world, governments are moving simultaneously to limit the power of tech companies with an urgency and breadth that no single industry had experienced before. Their motivation varies. In the United States and Europe, it is concern that tech companies are stifling competition, spreading misinformation and eroding privacy; in Russia and elsewhere, it is to silence protest movements and tighten political control; in China, it is some of both.
Knowledge is power. Is their use of social media unlike anyone else’s?
https://www.bespacific.com/the-domestic-extremist-next-door/
The Domestic Extremist Next Door
The Domestic Extremist Next Door by Erin Dauphinais-Soos · April 19, 2021 “How have digital media platforms contributed to anti-government rhetoric? Digital Citizens Alliance and Coalition for a Safer Web teamed up to answer this question in their report, “The Domestic Extremist Next Door.” [56-page PDF] The report analyzes some of the most popular social media platforms (Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok) and how domestic terrorists use them to promote disinformation and recruit members. The extremist groups this report focuses on are QAnon, the Proud Boys, the Boogaloo Bois, the Three Percenters, and the Oath Keepers, comparing their online activities to those of global terrorists such as ISIS. The report concludes with suggestions of actions that digital media platforms can take to combat disinformation and confront terrorism, such as hiring more people to “do deep dives looking at just what is happening amongst militia groups,” initiating “industry-wide standards” and creating “a cross-platform, information-sharing initiative.”
Is this a war we can stop? Probably not. Is it a war we will have to participate in?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/satellite-images-show-russias-expanding-ukraine-buildup-11618917238
Satellite Images Show Russia’s Expanding Ukraine Buildup
Russia has moved warplanes to Crimea and bases near Ukraine to an extent greater than has previously been disclosed, adding to its capability for political intimidation or military intervention, according to commercial satellite photos of areas being used for the military buildup.
The photos, which were reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, show Su-30 fighters lined up on a runway at an air base in Crimea. The aircraft, which are shown in a satellite photo from April 16, hadn’t been there in late March.
Other Russian military units on the Crimean peninsula include airborne troops, motorized rifle and armored units, attack helicopters, smoke generators, reconnaissance drones, jamming equipment and a military hospital, the photos indicate.
Even an old blogger?
Tools to Help Students Analyze Their Own Writing
Something for my International students?
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/no-us-phone-number-best-free-apps-calling-to-usa/
The 5 Best Free Calling Apps for Making Free Phone Calls
Here are the best apps to get a free US number to call the US and Canada for free from anywhere in the world.
Each of these apps assigns you a free phone number (typically in the US) that you can use to call or text any other American number, and it will behave like you are in the US. They will not use your cell minutes or SMS text messages.
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