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Facebook's new opt-out form is very hard to find.
After a lot of digging and several preliminary clicks, I ended up here.
I'm now going to live-tweet the process of objecting to Meta's ad-targeting.
This is pretty niche stuff. So if you're interested, I like you.
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Whenever #databreach is trending, X usually just presents a huge list of posts about seemingly unrelated data breaches
That's not due to a design flaw, it's because serious data breaches are happening everywhere, all the time
I feel like we're officially past the tipping point
Having a bad morning? Apparently this is worth a try.
Disclaimer: I have no clue whether this is a good idea, but some people I respect appear to approve of it.
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So there was no specific "AI bill" brought forward in the King's Speech, but it looks like some bits of the DPDIB will be resurrected.
First, reforms to the ICO sound like they will remain largely intact.
King's Speech background briefing (left) with part of the DPDIB (right).
Then we have this, which refers to a provision in the DPDIB amending the Online Safety Act to enable coroners to access information within social media accounts of children who have recently died.
CPPA proposes to finally fix this mistake in the CCPA Regulations, thus PROVING ME RIGHT when I said it was obviously a mistake.
If you're disclosing personal information to a third party, then—by definition—you aren't doing so for business purposes.
Take THAT, doubters.
The CJEU has ironed out a seriously obscure ambiguity around when civil society groups can bring litigation on behalf of data subjects
curia.europa.eu/juris/docume…
It reminded me of one of my best Twitter threads—from two years ago, when I still wrote those—about a very similar case
When listening to Tony Blair reel off dubious predictions about the revolutionary impact of AI, remember that this man reportedly only started using a computer in the final year of his third term as Prime Minister.
Apple has not "killed" the various companies people are saying it has.
Spotify exists despite Apple Music. Netflix persists despite Apple TV. Not to mention Android, Chrome, Linux, Firefox, Brave, etc.
1Password etc will remain a better option for many people and enterprises.
The ICO has updated its generative AI consultation based on my somewhat snarky tweet.
If anyone know how to reconcile a controller's obligations under the GDPR's "right to rectification" and the inherent unreliabilty of Large Language Models, please respond to it (I don't).
I'm sure the ICO had good reasons not to enforce against Snap, but I struggle to see its investigation as a "warning shot".
Snap continued to offer its "My AI" feature throughout the investigation. There's no fine, reprimand, or actual warning afaik
So what's the warning shot?
The situation with OpenAI and Scarlett Johansson is someone asking ChatGPT to write a 2024 version of the 1988 Midler v Ford case.
Spoiler alert: Midler won.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midler….
Good to know the regulator is tackling the "hard GDPR question" of accuracy in generative AI head-on.
Part 4 of the generative AI consultation: We don't cover the right to rectification here, we did it in Part 3.
Part 3: We don't cover rectification here, we'll do it in Part 4.
Interestingly (?), the new head of Germany's federal DPA is on the "consumer advisory board" of credit broker SCHUFA.
SCHUFA was recently in the CJEU (twice) following GFDPR enforcement by Germany's Land Hessen DPA.
I don't have an opinion on this, but let me know if you do.
