… At the time, a Google spokesperson told the Sun that its “processes for handling law enforcement subpoenas are designed to protect users’ privacy while meeting our legal obligations.” The spokesperson said Google reviews “all legal demands for legal validity, and we push back against those that are… …
A years-old bank heist may soon have major privacy implications for every American who owns a cellphone. …
… Jon Seager, VP of engineering at Ubuntu developer Canonical, responded to AB 1043 in a blog post on March 4th, stating, “Canonical is aware of the legislation and is reviewing it internally with legal counsel, but there are currently no concrete plans on how, or even whether, Ubuntu will change in … …
… This isn’t the first time that Netflix has faced legal issues in Texas, as a grand jury in Tyler County indicted the streamer over its Cuties film in 2020. …
… The state’s proposal will run into legal issues that have stymied Meta’s own plans before, Parkinson said — age verification, for instance, could conflict with federal children’s privacy law. …
… Discord has said most users won’t be impacted by its incoming age verification rollout because of its age-guessing AI system. “You don’t need to know who someone is in order to figure out their age, so that’s why, in theory, age inference technologies can be less privacy invasive,” Cobun Zweifel-Ke… …
… Several of Torrez’s requests are hot-button tech policy issues. Age verification would almost certainly require Meta or a third-party provider to collect more personal information on adults and minors alike, which privacy advocates have consistently warned can make users less safe. …
… Richard Lawler Mar 25 Elon’s next legal argument: LinkedIn emoji reactions. …
… In his view, the EU’s proposed privacy regulations would not just hurt American companies, it would also inadvertently allow China to develop faster, and there was historical precedent: “We’ve seen this movie before when it came to broadband, where they tried to do the same thing to American broadb… …
… And the reason why that’s so important in a functioning legal system, it’s actually the key to a legal system, is that similar cases get treated similarly. …