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Canada’s Privacy Failure: Federal Court Dismisses Privacy Commissioner’s Complaint Against Facebook Over Cambridge Analytica

Michael Geist

The Federal Court of Canada last week dismissed the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s complaint against Facebook stemming from alleged privacy violations involving Cambridge Analytica. The Privacy Commissioner ruled against Facebook in 2019, but Facebook disagreed with the findings and took the matter to court.

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Do Mandatory Age Verification Laws Conflict with Biometric Privacy Laws?–Kuklinski v. Binance

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

California passed the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) nominally to protect children’s privacy, but at the same time, the AADC requires businesses to do an age “assurance” of all their users, children and adults alike. Doing age assurance/age verification raises substantial privacy risks. First Amendment.

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Engineers Launch Free Access to AI Ethics and Governance Standards

IPilogue

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a professional organization for engineers and technology experts, recently announced the launch of the IEEE GET Program, aimed at providing free access to AI ethics and governance standards.

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Which VPN Providers Really Take Privacy Seriously in 2023?

TorrentFreak

All claim to be the best, but some are more privacy-conscious than others. When it comes to privacy and anonymity, an outsider can’t offer any guarantees. Many of these questions relate to privacy and security, and the various companies answer them here in their own words. The VPN review business is flourishing as well.

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FTC Punishes BetterHelp for Sharing Mental Health Information with Advertisers

IPilogue

Privacy Misrepresentation According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) release , BetterHelp requires a questionnaire that asks for sensitive mental health information – “such as whether they have experienced depression or suicidal thoughts and are on any medications” – along with personal information.

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FTC Punishes BetterHelp for Sharing Mental Health Information with Advertisers

IPilogue

Privacy Misrepresentation According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) release , BetterHelp requires a questionnaire that asks for sensitive mental health information – “such as whether they have experienced depression or suicidal thoughts and are on any medications” – along with personal information.

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The Fintech Revolution And The Its Adoption By Financial Regulatories

IP and Legal Filings

Payment And Settlement Systems Act RBI, the primary regulatory authority of different forms of financial bodies has been quick in anticipating and adopting technological innovations. These banks are in fact Private Limited Companies and cannot discharge banking activities especially accepting demand deposits and on payment and settlements.