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[…] companies that do not have direct obligations under the Act (including ad platforms) have utilized the Act to guide their anti-discrimination efforts (see the Network Advertising Initiative’s Code of Conduct). According to the Human Rights Campaign, the number of Fortune 100 companies that have publicly pledged to non-discrimination employment policies on the basis of […]

[…] agencies, and commercial health companies are seeking accessible ways to screen patients – such as online symptom checkers, which could allow them to screen themselves – for signs of COVID-19. The question is whether these AI-based access points can both keep healthy people from inundating emergency rooms while still protecting those who need care? […]

[…] Exit Strategy Roadmap enlists data as key to lifting confinement  European Commission’s President, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, co- signed a Joint European Roadmap towards lifting COVID-19 containment measures, on April 15, which sets out recommendations to Member States with the goal of preserving public health […]

[…] but also other Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as fitness trackers, smart toys, or vehicles. As a result, many airports, stadiums, and brick-and-mortar stores analyse this signal data to better understand when their busiest hours are, where the highest in-store foot-traffic is, what products customers show an interest in, or how long people […]

[…] from collecting, in advance and in a systematic and generalised manner, including through specific requests to individual workers or unauthorized investigations, information on the presence of any signs of influenza in the worker and his or her closest contacts, or anyhow regarding areas outside of the work environment”. The Garante recalled that employees are […]

[…] parental consent, citing the example of students in Louisiana who, under a strict opt-in regime, missed out on the state’s scholarship program because they couldn’t get parental sign off. “It’s really important to remember that there are unintended consequences here,” Vance noted. “Where we’re going with privacy protections is an underlying framework of protections […]

[…] 11:45, Petite Halle We are bringing together experts across the privacy, mobility, and civic space to discuss the challenges of transforming—and enforcing—transportation regulations through the use of code and algorithms. This panel aims to build upon the issue as framed by the ITIF report released earlier this year, which introduced multiple potential frameworks for […]

[…] Act, Senator Wicker’s Discussion Draft represents a significant movement toward bipartisan negotiations in the Senate. But how do the two bills, one from leading Democrats, and one from the Republican Chairman, compare to each other? We find them to be closer together on most issues than they are apart: a promising sign for bipartisan negotiation.

[…] under COPPA, resulting in less certainty than ever about whether COPPA applies to particular creators, channels, or videos. Misconceptions: Actual Knowledge and Product Improvement There was also significant confusion around the scope of COPPA and its definitions throughout the workshop. We heard many different opinions about the meaning of the actual knowledge standard, and […]

Introduction On September 13, 2019, the California State Legislature passed the final CCPA amendments of 2019. Governor Newsom is expected to sign the recently passed CCPA amendments into law in advance of his October 13, 2019 deadline. Yesterday, proponents of the original CCPA ballot initiative released the text of a new initiative (The California […]