- ICYMI: Our Founder & CEO, Gabriel Weinberg, on Banning AI Surveillance While There's Still Time. [gabrielweinberg.com]
"Congress must move before history completely repeats itself and everything that happened with online tracking happens again with AI tracking. AI surveillance should be banned while there is still time," urges our Founder & CEO, Gabriel Weinberg.
"No matter what happens, though, we will still be here, offering protected services, including optional AI services, to consumers who want to reap the productivity benefits of online tools without the privacy harms." Read the rest of the blog post here.
In the news...
- Google Wasn't Against This Privacy Bill, Officially. Behind the Scenes, It Orchestrated Opposition [themarkup.org]
California’s Assembly Bill 566 (AB 566) would require browsers to give users an automatic way to tell websites not to share their personal information with third parties. While Google stayed quiet on the bill publicly, records show the tech giant secretly led the charge against it, rallying lobbyists and business groups to protect its ad business.
"The largely behind-the-scenes campaign offers a glimpse into how the tech giant is working to preserve its grip on the online advertising market and how it attempts, without being seen, to shape policies in a state with one of the nation’s strictest privacy protection laws." Khari Johnson and Yue Stella Yu report.
- Italy Privacy Watchdog Halts Facial Recognition at Milan Airport [reuters.com]
Italy’s privacy watchdog has hit pause on a new facial recognition program at Milan’s Linate airport. The "Faceboarding" system, designed to let consenting adults skip ID checks, was blocked because regulators said it lacked enough safeguards for those who didn’t opt in. Airport officials insist the system is safe and compliant, but must now work with authorities to address concerns.
- Check Your Bank Accounts, You Might Spot a Deposit From a Facebook Lawsuit [cnet.com]
Facebook’s $725M privacy settlement is landing — did you get paid? Payments from Meta’s privacy lawsuit are now hitting U.S. bank accounts, with users reporting deposits of around $30–$38 on average. The payout comes from claims that Facebook improperly shared personal data with third parties. If you had an active account anytime between 2007 and 2022 and filed a claim before the 2023 deadline, you might see a deposit in the coming weeks.
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