Tag: Data Privacy Legislation

Business Law

From Phone Records to Foundation Models: What the USA FREEDOM Act Can Teach Us About AI, Surveillance, and National Security

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In the wake of the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015, Congress attempted to recalibrate the balance between national security and civil liberties after more than a decade of expansive surveillance conducted under the USA PATRIOT Act. That recalibration offers a useful lens for understanding today’s growing conflict between the federal government and frontier artificial intelligence […]

Data Security & Privacy

FTC to U.S. Data Collectors: Implement ‘Do Not Track’ system or face privacy regulation

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On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a stern 73-page report on privacy, which outlines a demand for  Congress to pass comprehensive data privacy legislation.  The FTC wants to mandate that U.S. commercial data collectors implement a “Do Not Track” button on Web browsers by the end of the year, or the agency says […]