Your car insurance company knows more about you than you think
According to a new report, insurance companies are buying data collected by cars and sold to data brokers to inform the rates of insurance premiums.
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AI, AI Image Generator, Artificial Intelligence, child safety, copilot designer, DALL-E 3, FTC, Generative AI, Microsoft, OpenAI, Policy, Tech Industry, Tech NewsMicrosoft accused of selling AI tool that spews violent, sexual images to kids
Read more: Microsoft accused of selling AI tool that spews violent, sexual images to kidsIt looks like Microsoft may be filtering violent AI outputs flagged by engineer.
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It’s time to stop trusting your antivirus software
Read more: It’s time to stop trusting your antivirus softwareAntivirus software appears to be some of the most trustworthy, but Avast shows that may not always be the case.
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Avast ordered to stop selling browsing data from its browsing privacy apps
Read more: Avast ordered to stop selling browsing data from its browsing privacy appsIdentifiable data included job searches, map directions, “cosplay erotica.”
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FTC seeks to modify rule to combat deepfakes
Read more: FTC seeks to modify rule to combat deepfakesSpurred by the growing threat of deepfakes, the FTC is seeking to modify an existing rule that bans the impersonation of businesses or government agencies to cover all consumers. The revised rule — depending on the final language, and the public …
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Data broker allegedly selling de-anonymized info to face FTC lawsuit after all
Read more: Data broker allegedly selling de-anonymized info to face FTC lawsuit after allKochava tried to argue that selling sensitive info doesn’t directly cause harms.
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FTC orders Blackbaud to overhaul ‘reckless’ security practices in wake of 2020 breach
Read more: FTC orders Blackbaud to overhaul ‘reckless’ security practices in wake of 2020 breachEducation tech company Blackbaud agreed to settle with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over the company’s security practices that resulted in a 2020 data breach. The FTC alleges that Blackbaud, a U.S.-based company that provides financial and adminis…
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Amazon can’t hoover up Roomba after EU nixes $1.4B iRobot acquisition
Read more: Amazon can’t hoover up Roomba after EU nixes $1.4B iRobot acquisitionConcerns over stifled competition, Alexa tie-ins reportedly sink deal in Europe.
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FTC orders AI companies to dish on investments, partnerships and meetings
Read more: FTC orders AI companies to dish on investments, partnerships and meetingsThe FTC is aiming to unravel the complex and secretive corporate relationships in the top AI companies out there in a new inquiry. Orders have been sent to Alphabet, Amazon, Anthropic, Microsoft, and OpenAI that will, as Chair Lina Khan said, “sh…
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FTC bans another data broker from selling consumers’ location data
Read more: FTC bans another data broker from selling consumers’ location dataThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission has continued its crackdown on data brokers with a settlement banning data aggregation company InMarket from selling consumers’ precise location data. Texas-based InMarket, which debuted as CheckPoints at TechCrunch Di…
