Join Brion St. Amour, Yugo Nagashima, and the Detective to review three top data privacy developments from July 2024. Our monthly review focuses on these topics:

Automobiles - Are they spying on us without our consent? A letter from Senators Wyden and Markey to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asks for transparency and data protection from auto makers and those who share vehicle use data. What’s going on here?

AI safety and the search for standards - On July 26, the U.S. Department of Commerce released guidance and software to improve the safety, security, and trustworthiness of AI systems. 

https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/2019/08/10/ai_standards_fedengagement_plan_9aug2019.pdf  This builds on NIST’s 2019 Plan for Global Engagement on AI Standards. 

https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/2019/08/10/ai_standards_fedengagement_plan_9aug2019.pdf  The White House circulated a summary of what underlies DOC’s release. 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/26/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-ai-actions-and-receives-additional-major-voluntary-commitment-on-ai/  Is there a bipartisan approach to the regulation of AI and how it should respect data privacy principles on both a domesti U.S. and global basis?

Surveillance Pricing - The Chair of the FTC wants to investigate “surveillance pricing.” What’s this about? And what does it have to do with data privacy?

Tune in to Episode 177 to probe meaning beneath the headlines on these major data privacy developments.

 

Time stamps:

0:40 — AI safety and the search for standards

8:43 — Automobiles

16:15 — Surveillance pricing

 

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