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- Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records [wired.com]
US Senator Ron Wyden has sent a letter to the Department of Justice addressing "a surveillance program, now known as 'Data Analytical Services,' [which] has for more than a decade allowed federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to mine the details of Americans’ calls, analyzing the phone records of countless people who are not suspected of any crime, including victims." Dell Cameron reports on why Senator Wyden is challenging the program’s legality.
- Facebook Watches Teens Online As They Prep for College [themarkup.org]
An investigation from The Markup found Meta pixels on sites like ACT, Common App, ArbiterSports, Jostens, and others used by students of all ages. from kindergarten to college. These pixels are collecting data like first and last names, ethnicities, genders, and email addresses and sending it back to Meta.
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- California's Privacy Watchdog Eyes AI Rules With Opt-Out and Access Rights [techcrunch.com]
"California’s Privacy Protection Agency published draft regulations for how people’s data can be used [by] what it refers to as automated decision making technology. Aka AI." Natasha Lomas says the planned regime "includes opt-out rights, pre-use notice requirements and access rights which would enable state residents to obtain meaningful information on how their data is being used for automation and AI tech."
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