Expert says technology deployed is based on outdated science and therefore is unreliable

"The data privacy space remains a complete and total Wild West, and that is a huge problem," said Kirsten Gillibrand.

Dieter Rams in 1960 stated 10 principles of good design. 60 years later we’ve revised some of them to control the effects of AIs

The European Commission will take some time before deciding on how to legislate facial recognition remotely, but will not prevent national initiatives from moving ahead on their own, Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager has said.

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When the EU General Data Protection Regulation was first introduced in 2016, 12 countries were deemed adequate by the European Commission to transfer personal data outside the EU. The GDPR provisions that authorize cross-border data transfers require organizations…

The news: A deepfake of the president of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Manoj Tiwari, went viral on WhatsApp in the country earlier this month, ahead of legislative assembly elections in Delhi, according to Vice. It’s the first time a political…

You’re not imagining it. Smart speakers inadvertently listen to you all the time.

We know that a substantial amount of data is processed to fuel and improve the machine learning algorithms at the heart of Artificial Intelligence (AI). And we are aware of the rapidly increasing precision and capabilities of ubiquitous surveillance equipment.…

With particular Google searches, anyone can discover and join hundreds of thousands of WhatsApp groups.

Ford is offering usage-based coverage with promises of lower rates.

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A technology used in a number of prisons is tracking students now too.

Encrypted emails will continue to be used internally.