The data economy is facing a paradox. The exponential increase in the processing of personal data has created a wide array of unprecedented possibilities to gain useful insights via artificial intelligence and machine learning. At the same time, these developments expose individuals to new privacy threats. Against this background, most conferences on privacy trends broach the issue of how emerging privacy-enhancing technologies can support privacy protection in the context of AI and ML. AI head... Read More

The proposed EU Artificial Intelligence Act is anticipated to pave the way for a regulated approach to the future development of artificial intelligence. One means of testing new AI technologies is through regulatory sandboxes created by various data protection authorities around Europe. To explore how AI regulatory sandboxes are helping companies develop their machine-learning models, IAPP Managing Director, Europe, Isabelle Roccia hosted a Linkedin Live session Dec. 12 with Secure Practice co... Read More

The proposed Artificial Intelligence Act would be the first horizontal regulation of AI in the world, but, as always, the devil is in the details. Though the Council of the European Union has nearly completed its version, the European Parliament is still negotiating its version. IAPP Editorial Director Jedidiah Bracy, CIPP, looks at how other EU lawmakers and stakeholders are crafting this massive, precedent-setting legislation.Full Story The Privacy Advisor Podcast: MEP Tudorache unpacks think... Read More

Data privacy is one of the leading concerns for businesses to ensure confidentiality and preserve trust. Over the last few decades, the digital footprints of our society have shown exceptional growth. But, this digital revolution is striking hard over privacy concerns of individuals.  According to Pew Research, 81% of Americans report the potential risk of data collected by companies overshadowing the benefits they receive from those businesses.  Challenges in executing privacy compliance for ... Read More

Chinese company Sangfor Technologies has drawn scrutiny for its AI program that can predict if an employee is about to leave their job, South China Morning Post reports. The program can spy on an employee’s browsing activity, such as viewing job posts and sending application emails. The program came to light after a user on Maimai.cn, a professional networking application, claimed he was fired when his company discovered, using a monitoring system, he was applying to other jobs.Full Story... Read More

A new report from Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center found 68% of responding developers, business and policy leaders, researchers and activists do not believe ethical principles focused on public good will be employed in most AI designs by 2030. The report includes written explanations from professionals, including Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf, who said, “There will be a good-faith effort, but I am skeptical that the good intentions will neces... Read More

The proposed Artificial Intelligence Act would be the first horizontal regulation of AI in the world, but, as always, the devil is in the details. Though the Council of the European Union has nearly completed its version, the European Parliament is still negotiating its version. IAPP Editorial Director Jedidiah Bracy, CIPP, looks at how other EU lawmakers and stakeholders are crafting this massive, precedent-setting legislation.Full Story The Privacy Advisor Podcast: MEP Tudorache unpacks think... Read More

The development of machine learning and artificial intelligence has gone into overdrive in recent years. Now governments around the world at both federal and local levels are attempting to get out ahead of what may come from the exponential growth of AI’s potential to fundamentally change the digital world. During the IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk 2022 conference, Uber Privacy and Security Public Policy Lead Shani Rosenstock facilitated a panel discussion about the number of the existing and po... Read More

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy published "Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights," which provides design, development and deployment guidelines for artificial intelligence technologies. Data privacy, algorithmic discrimination protections and user choice principles are among the OTSP's "five common sense protections to which everyone in America should be entitled." The OTSP said the blueprint is "a vision for a society" and its AI use focuses on protections from the onset, i... Read More

The Centre for European Policy Studies published a research paper on the proposed EU Artificial Intelligence Act. The authors said an agreement could be struck by mid-2023, but it may hinge on the ability of co-legislators to "converge on key issues such as the definition of AI, the risk classification and associated regulatory remedies, governance arrangements and enforcement rules.” The paper presents eight major recommendations to avoid overlapping regulations if the AI Act passes, including ... Read More

In April last year, the European Commission published its ambitious proposal to regulate Artificial Intelligence. The regulation was meant to be the first of its kind, but the progress has been slow so far due to the file's technical, political and juridical complexity. Meanwhile, the EU lost its first-mover advantage as other jurisdictions like China and Brazil have managed to pass their legislation first. As the proposal is entering a crucial year, it is high time to take stock of the state o... Read More

From Facebook's recent decision to rename itself "Meta" to Epic Games' billion-dollar investment in metaverse technologies, the metaverse has dominated the news and will likely continue to do so over the next several years. To date, there is no universally accepted definition for the term "metaverse" and, for many, it suggests a new but undeveloped future of the internet. According to J.P. Morgan, the metaverse is a seamless convergence of our physical and digital lives, creating a unified, virt... Read More

Data privacy is one of the leading concerns for businesses to ensure confidentiality and preserve trust. Over the last few decades, the digital footprints of our society have shown exceptional growth. But, this digital revolution is striking hard over privacy concerns of individuals.  According to Pew Research, 81% of Americans report the potential risk of data collected by companies overshadowing the benefits they receive from those businesses.  Challenges in executing privacy compliance for ... Read More

Clearview AI has begun allowing public defenders to access its facial recognition database of more than 20 billion facial images, The New York Times reports. The access helped a Florida man prove his innocence against accusations of vehicular homicide. Clearview AI's technology was previously limited to law enforcement, but CEO Hoan Ton-That said public defender access would help "balance the scales of justice." Legal Aid Society's Jerome Greco said the new access is merely an attempt "to push b... Read More

The Ukrainian military’s use of Clearview AI facial recognition to identify dead Russian soldiers may carry negative consequences, warned military technology analysts, The Washington Post reports. Ukraine reported using Clearview AI to scan the faces of more than 8,600 Russian soldiers killed in the invasion. The families of 582 soldiers were directly contacted to inform them of family member deaths, with some outreach including an image of the dead soldier. Some military analysts were concerned... Read More