It is fairly standard language in privacy policies: “This privacy policy may be amended or updated from time to time, so please check back regularly for updates.” It sends the message that the company can change its data practices and policies without ever notifying the end-user. It tells the end-user that the burden is on them
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White House AI Order Balances Innovation And Regulation
On Oct. 30, President Joe Biden issued an executive order on safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence.[1]
The executive order provides a sprawling list of directives aimed at establishing standards for AI safety and security and protecting privacy.
While the executive order acknowledges the executive branch’s lack of authority for any lawmaking or rulemaking, AI…
FTC Launches Investigation into OpenAI
Following its many warnings of impending enforcement action against entities providing Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) products, the FTC has officially launched an investigation into OpenAI[1]. The FTC initiates its investigation on the heels of the Center for AI and Digital Policy’s July 10, 2023 supplement to its March 30, 2023 complaint, which requests that…
Is Privacy Enforcement Impending for Generative Artificial Intelligence Technologies?
Just last week, researchers at Robust Intelligence were able to manipulate NVIDIA’s artificial intelligence software, the “NeMo Framework,” to ignore safety restraints and reveal private information. According to reports, it only took hours for the Robust Intelligence researchers to get the NeMo framework to release personally identifiable information from a database.[1] Since these vulnerabilities were…
If you Think “My Health, My Data” Does Not Apply to Your Company, You May Want to Think Again
Many companies may be quick to dismiss Washington’s “My Health, My Data” (MHMD) as a health data law that does not apply to them. But there are many reasons you should think twice before disregarding this law.
First, unlike the state privacy laws that have been passed so far, MHMD applies to all companies regardless…
Europe’s Excellence and Trust in AI
The European Commission recently presented strategies for data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) focusing on promoting excellence in AI and building trust. The Commission’s White Paper, “On Artificial Intelligence – A European approach to excellence and trust,” addresses the balance between the promotion of AI with regulation of its risks. “Given the major impact…