Ethical Tech News Roundup
Ethical Tech News Roundup
What we read in the last month in Ethical Tech.... PLUS: Ethical Tech Events in SF + NYC
On the 15th of every month, The Ethical Tech Project rounds up news you may have missed in Ethical Tech! Did we miss something? Post your links in the comments!
From The Ethical Tech Project Board
Information Week - Data Privacy in the Age of AI Means Moving Beyond Buzzwords by Dr. Maritza Johnson
Privacy is possible, but only if companies move beyond empty promises and commit to ethical data practices.
The Hill - Congress is working on a federal privacy law. Here’s why we need one
“The average American’s online activities are tracked and sold 747 times per day; in total, our data is tracked 178 trillion times per year. This isn’t the background noise of the internet — it is the internet, and we’re surveilled and monitored every time we log on.”
The Drum - What apps do with your health data when you're not looking
You shouldn’t be so quick to trust your pregnancy app or others with your health data. The Ethical Tech Project’s Jonathan Joseph explains.
AI Regulation
Politico - ChatGPT’s hallucinations draw EU privacy complaint
How can we trust AI that hallucinates something as simple as birthdates?
Tech Policy - A Welcome Voice for Canada on the Future of AI
Could Canada's fresh perspectives on AI reshape how the world approaches ethical technology standards?
Global Compliance News - Australian Senate to establish Select Committee on AI
As Australia wades into the waters of AI policy, will they lean more towards sparking innovation or tightening the reins with regulation?
Bloomberg - Trudeau Unveils $1.8 Billion Package for Canada’s AI Sector
Could Trudeau's massive $1.8 billion AI investment boost Canada as a global AI hub?
NY Times - A.I.'s Data Wall, a Surprise Privacy Bill, and What Happened to the TikTok Ban?
Will the latest developments in AI and privacy laws be enough to secure TikTok's future, or is this just the calm before the storm?
The Conversation - To make AI safe, governments must regulate data collection
As AI takes over, should governments be racing to clamp down on data collection before our privacy turns into a digital dystopia?
Privacy
Forbes - Adapting To The New World Of Consent Management
How can consent management technology possibly keep up with the ever-changing and varied privacy laws around the world?
IAPP - US senators ask FTC to investigate automakers over location privacy concerns
Is our privacy at risk every time we drive, given that senators are now urging an FTC investigation into how automakers use our location data?
BBC - Qantas: Airline investigates after app lets customers see strangers' data
How will Australia's new data protection laws change the way we handle and share personal information?
NBC - Grindr facing U.K. lawsuit over alleged data protection breaches
Is Grindr's data breach a wake-up call for stronger digital privacy measures across all apps?
AI News - 80% of AI decision makers are worried about data privacy and security
Can organizations keep up with the fast pace of AI innovation while ensuring data privacy and overcoming talent shortages?
MediaPost - Judge Approves Google $62 Million Location Privacy Settlement
How does the Google $62 million settlement highlight the persistent hurdles we face in safeguarding our location data privacy?
The Verge - Telehealth firm Cerebral fined $7 million over ‘careless’ privacy violations
How did Cerebral think it could get away with playing fast and loose with such sensitive patient data?
Digiday - WTF is the American Privacy Rights Act
Will the American Privacy Rights Act streamline digital privacy, or just add another tangled layer of red tape for businesses to navigate?
SCMagazine - New online data privacy legislation examined
Are these new online data privacy laws a real step towards reclaiming our digital rights, or just another set of high hopes with no real bite?
The Guardian - Third-party providers a customer data ‘weak spot’, Australian privacy commissioner says
When over a million Aussies have their data leaked, isn't it crucial to rethink how much trust we place in third-party providers?
Help Net - Privacy requests increased 246% in two years
With data privacy requests surging, are businesses really prepared for the escalating costs and complexities of protecting our data?
AdAge - BRANDS AND DATA PRIVACY—WHAT US REGULATORS CAN LEARN FROM EU MISSTEPS
Can US lawmakers sidestep the European Union's digital missteps to craft privacy laws that actually work without the headaches?
PIRG - What the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act means for you
Can Kentucky's new privacy law really strike the perfect balance between protecting consumer data and not overwhelming businesses?
Big Tech
Digiday - Google delays third-party cookie demise yet again
How do Google's repeated delays in ditching third-party cookies impact our online privacy expectations?
Digiday - Inside Google’s latest move to postpone the cookie apocalypse
How might Google's latest delay in ending third-party cookies reshape our expectations for privacy and advertising online?
AdExchanger - Google Won’t Pull Cookies In 2024
How long can Google keep juggling the demands of regulators and the digital ad industry before it finally has to say goodbye to cookies?
NYT - Why the U.S. Voted to Force TikTok to Be Sold or Banned
What does the controversy over TikTok's potential ban reveal about the clash between technology and global security concerns?
CNBC - Big Tech is eating as much data as it can to win in AI — but it’s not ‘winner takes all,’ CEO says
With big players like Microsoft and Google dominating the AI landscape with their hefty investments, is there still room for the little guys to make a breakthrough?
Health Data
The Drum - 3 ways healthcare marketers can navigate the shifting data privacy landscape
How are healthcare marketers striking a balance between the demands of data privacy and effective marketing in today's regulated environment?
The Drum - Why I’m uncomfortable with healthcare marketing’s obsession with ‘patients’
Could the term 'patient' be creating more distance than connection in healthcare marketing?
The Guardian - ‘What we’re seeing is not telehealth’: alarm over doctors using AI and prescribing without seeing patients
Could this silent treatment from AI-assisted prescriptions be putting patient safety at risk in Australia?
The Drum - What apps do with your health data when you're not looking
Are our charming health apps really helping us, or are they quietly betraying our trust by selling our data?
Data
ZDNet - You can make big money from AI - but only if people trust your data
How crucial is consumer trust in data for the successful monetization of AI technologies?
TechCrunch - A pair of Airbnb alums is bringing intelligence and automation to data protection
How can data protection be reimagined to tackle modern privacy challenges more effectively?
Upcoming Ethical Tech Project Events
Located in the Bay Area? Join Us at Our Inaugural SF Privacy Technologists Meetup on Tuesday, 5/21
Join Nandita Rao Narla, Head of Technical Privacy & Governance @ DoorDash and Ethical Tech Project Board Member, Chitra Dharmarajan, Vice President, Security & Privacy Engineering @ Okta, and Sam Alexander, Data Privacy Engineer @ Ketch and all-around Data Ethics Nerd, for a casual conversation on how to set-up a privacy program and privacy technology from scratch.
Whether you're already running a major privacy governance program, looking to get started, or just have a casual interest in creating a world where data ethics and privacy are a priority rather than an afterthought, stop on by for food, drinks, networking, and casual conversation.
Register Here: https://lu.ma/sf-privacy-technologist-meetup
In NYC For #TechWeek? Join Us At Our Publisher’s Breakfast on Wednesday, 6/5
This exclusive event, designed for technologists, marketers, and legal professionals from publishing and media organizations, aims to spotlight the importance of responsible data practices and how they pave the way for meaningful data monetization and advertiser trust.
Prioritizing responsible data practices enables publishers to build deeper relationships with advertising partners that want to target permissioned audiences, in addition to enabling key DTC use cases like personalization, analytics, and retargeting. In an era where publishers are navigating the complex landscape of data mobilization and monetization, this timely event provides a forum to discuss this challenge and opportunity with industry experts, peers, and new colleagues.
Register Here: https://lu.ma/iilwurkl