ECA Compass Newsletter #41: Cookies, exposing privacy violations and AI risk perceptions by US companies.

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Get a last view of another great conversation with our Board Member Carissa Véliz , Oxford Professor and author of Privacy is Power, and our partner Sergio Maldonado , CEO at PrivacyCloud.

Read Sergio’s reflections on this matter:??

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Privacy & Data Ethics ??

This Machine Exposes Privacy Violations

Webxray is a search engine that gives you information about privacy terms or websites to know who is tracking you and how that data will be stored or used.

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Cookie banners show everything that's wrong with the EU

A controversial but insightful read by David Heinemeier Hansson :

AI start-up Anthropic accused of ‘egregious’ data scraping

“However, Matt Barrie, the chief executive of Freelancer.com accused the San Francisco-based company of being “the most aggressive scraper by far” of his portal for freelancers, which has millions of daily visits.

Other web publishers have echoed Barrie’s concerns that Anthropic is swarming their sites and ignoring their instructions to stop collecting their content to train its models.”

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The weirdest ‘3 billion people’ data breach ever

A background check company allegedly leaked billions of rows of data, complete with Social Security numbers, but the data’s accuracy is ‘highly questionable.’

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What to Expect in a Privacy Interview

1. “Explain the difference between privacy and security. Do privacy and security conflict with each other? Can you have too much of either?
2. Is an IP address personal data? If so, explain when and why this is true.
3. Pick a privacy-enhancing technology. Explain what it is and when to use it.
4. Privacy laws and regulations are ambiguous and change frequently. How do you monitor these changes and ensure your organisation remains compliant?
5. Explain the difference between a data protection impact assessment (DPIA) and records of processing activities (ROPAs). When do you need each?”

Read the full article here:

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Trustworthy AI & Customer Empowerment ??

Biggest US companies warn of growing AI risk

Employment, ethics, privacy and others are among the factors that US companies are warning investors when talking about AI.

Bring AI Ethics into your teams with our online Ethics of AI Masterclass. Flexible, self-paced and essential!

Revolutionizing Retail: How Generative AI Is Shaping The Future Of Shopping

A complete introduction and tips to AI styling in retail.?

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Ethics in Commerce ??

Big Tech’s bid to rewrite the rules on net zero

Are big corporations really showing net zero results? How does reality counterface their published sustainability reports??

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