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UK Lawmakers Reject Privacy Limits for Bulk Data Collection

Data Breach Today

Amendments to Constrain Investigatory Powers Bill Fail in Final Stretch A last-ditch attempt by British lawmakers to amend a bill expanding electronic communication interception by the U.K. authorities failed despite concerns over pervasive surveillance.

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Look Beyond TikTok: Massive Data Collection Is the Real Risk

Data Breach Today

All Social Media Apps Collect Information on a Scale That Facilitates Surveillance There's much national security ado about how much user data gets collected by the Chinese-owned, wildly popular video-sharing app TikTok.

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Technical Woes Hamper California's COVID-19 Data Collection

Data Breach Today

Expired Credentials, Server Outage Lead to Inaccurate Tally An expired digital certificate for Quest Diagnostics, a major test provider, and several technology woes temporarily prevented the state of California from receiving timely COVID-19 lab test data, resulting in an inaccurate tally of cases.

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ByteDance agreed to pay $92M in US privacy Settlement for TikTok data collection

Security Affairs

users for illegal data collection. The Chinese firm was accused to have failed to get the users’ consent to collect data in compliance with the Illinois biometric privacy law. The post ByteDance agreed to pay $92M in US privacy Settlement for TikTok data collection appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production

Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.

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Secret CIA Data Collection Program

Schneier on Security

Two US Senators claim that the CIA has been running an unregulated — and almost certainly illegal — mass surveillance program on Americans. The senator’s statement. Some declassified information from the CIA. No real details yet.

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Biden's New Executive Order Looks to Address Data Privacy

Data Breach Today

White House Asks FTC to Develop New Rules on Consumer Data Collection In his new executive order, President Biden asks the FTC to establish new rules over how tech firms can collect and use data from their customers, as a way to offer more privacy protections for U.S.