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In the news...
- California Passes Law Protecting Consumer Brain Data [nytimes.com]
"Governor Gavin Newsom of California signed a new law that aims to protect people’s brain data from being potentially misused by neurotechnology companies," reports Jonathan Moens.
"A growing number of consumer technology products promise to help address cognitive issues: apps to meditate, to improve focus and to treat mental health conditions like depression. These products monitor and record brain data, which encodes virtually everything that goes on in the mind, including thoughts, feelings and intentions."
"'The importance of protecting neural data in California cannot be understated,' Sen. Josh Becker said."
- Facebook Parent Company Fined €91m Over Password Storage [bbc.com]
"Facebook parent company Meta has been fined €91m (£75m) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) following an investigation into the storage of passwords," the BBC reports. "An inquiry was launched in April 2019 after Meta notified the DPC that it had inadvertently stored certain passwords of social media users on its internal systems without encryption."
- Parking Lot Companies May Be Violating Privacy Laws to Fine Drivers. It’s Only the Beginning. [slate.com]
"ABM Industries, an outsourcing company that makes billions in revenue each year managing parking lots and other facilities like schools, hospitals, and airports all over the [U.S.]... is now one of at least six parking companies facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly violating the 1994 Driver’s Privacy Protection Act."
Hannah Harris Green says this relates to "a controversial business practice that utilizes A.I. surveillance technology and exploitative tactics in order to target drivers for simply parking at the garage."
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