The tracking industry is acutely aware that the affirmative consent requirement is an existential threat. That's why cookie consent dialogs are loaded with dark patterns. The study confirms that even simple design changes are highly effective. arxiv.org/pdf/1909.02638…

update: the fbi has contacted me about this article. i still haven't been able to have a meaningful conversation with a human being at @airbnb, though. vice.com/en_us/article/…

"A low score sends you to the back of the queue; high scores get you elite treatment" Excellent report by Kashmir Hill on companies who secretly amass extensive consumer data, including food orders and AirBnb messages, for fraud prevention and risk scoring: nytimes.com/2019/11/04/bus…

Privacy by Design fine: German real estate company fined €14 million for having an archive system which did not allow the removal of data. The company was fined for breach of Article 25(1) (DPbD) and Article 5 (possibly the storage limitation principle). datenschutz-berlin.de/fileadmin/user…

Important to name names. HireVue and Pymetrics are the top co's selling snake oil responsible for horror stories like these. Zero peer-reviewed evidence that this stuff predicts job performance. Millions of people screened out of jobs based on elaborate random number generators.

Hear it at #enigma2020: Engin Bozdag of Uber presents "Privacy at Speed: Privacy by Design for Agile Development at Uber" bit.ly/enigma2020bozd… Register & book your hotel room by Jan 7: bit.ly/enigma2020 #infosec #security #privacy #cybersecurityconference #cybersecurity

Facebook just banned fake/modified media content (images, videos). This includes a ban on deepfakes. Will be removed. That's about it because they can technically do it (might be simpler then the "end of truth" concerns voiced over last years). about.fb.com/news/2020/01/e…

Trying new material in Phil Tech & excited to discuss Engin Bozdag & JH’s “Breaking the Filter Bubble: Democracy & Design.” They make a very helpful distinction between 4 different theories of democracy: liberal, deliberative, contestatory & agonistic. academia.edu/19765502/Break…

Facebook agrees to pay $550 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition technology in Illinois nytimes.com/2020/01/29/tec…

Some thoughts on the landmark ruling of District Court in the Netherlands striking down the collection of data and profiling for social security fraud (SyRI). Information on the case and the judgment in Dutch and in English here ekker.legal/2020/02/02/syr…

Privacy implications of coronavirus trackers telegraph.co.uk/technology/202…

Dutch Tax authority & secret blacklist of 180,000 citizens: Those entered in the system were labeled as a potential fraud. It contained rumors, opinions of employees and tips from other citizens. Used data from 2001 and over 5000 employees had access. rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/nederla…

. TrustArc do you think this is an acceptable user experience? Imagine doing this at every website that is powered by TrustArc.

These are the four most popular misconceptions people have about race & gender bias in algorithms. I'm wary of wading into this conversation again, but it's important to acknowledge the research that refutes each point, despite it feeling counter-intuitive. Let me clarify.👇🏾

Also just a reminder to those watching the rapid changes to checkmarks on Twitter: That new consent order requires Twitter to assess the privacy and security risks of any product changes or new features.

Consent, opt in or opt out, should never be part of any privacy law. It doesn’t work at scale, as Woodrow Hartzog, Daniel J. Solove, et al have said. Happy to play a small part in this Joseph Turow study. Thx Natasha Singer; excellent write up. nytimes.com/2023/02/07/tec… asc.upenn.edu/sites/default/…

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