Google is promoting its top lawyer, Kent Walker, into a global policy position, CNBC reports. Walker, Google SVP and general counsel, has already been a public voice in the company’s recent privacy tangles, but will move into a formal role as senior vice president of global affairs, overseeing Google’s policy, trust and safety, corporate philanthropy […]
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Google’s lead lawyer moves into a global policy role
Google is promoting its top lawyer, Kent Walker, into a global policy position, CNBC reports. Walker, Google SVP and general counsel, has already been a public voice in the company’s recent privacy tangles, but will move into a formal role as senior vice president of global affairs, overseeing Google’s policy, trust and safety, corporate philanthropy […]
View More Google’s lead lawyer moves into a global policy roleGoogle’s lead lawyer moves into a global policy role
Google is promoting its top lawyer, Kent Walker, into a global policy position, CNBC reports. Walker, Google SVP and general counsel, has already been a public voice in the company’s recent privacy tangles, but will move into a formal role as senior vice president of global affairs, overseeing Google’s policy, trust and safety, corporate philanthropy […]
View More Google’s lead lawyer moves into a global policy roleEuropean MEPs vote to reopen copyright debate over ‘censorship’ controversy
A 318-278 majority of MEPs in the European Parliament has voted to reopen debate around a controversial digital copyright reform proposal — meaning it will now face further debate and scrutiny in the parliament, rather than be fast-tracked towards becoming law via the standard EU trilogue negotiation process. Crucially MEPs will have the chance to […]
View More European MEPs vote to reopen copyright debate over ‘censorship’ controversyAI spots legal problems with tech T&Cs in GDPR research project
Technology is the proverbial double-edged sword. And an experimental European research project is ensuring this axiom cuts very close to the industry’s bone indeed by applying machine learning technology to critically sift big tech’s privacy policies — to see whether AI can automatically identify violations of data protection law. The still-in-training privacy policy and contract […]
View More AI spots legal problems with tech T&Cs in GDPR research projectTMGcore is running high-efficiency crypto mines in Texas
Out on the plains of East Texas, not far from Dallas, a company called TMGcore is mining crypto. The company, funded to the tune of $70 million, will be mining multiple cryptocurrencies and is using some unique technology to ensure that it doesn’t eat up an entire city’s worth of energy. “TMGcore will be one […]
View More TMGcore is running high-efficiency crypto mines in TexasEurope takes another step towards copyright pre-filters for user generated content
In a key vote this morning the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee has backed the two most controversial elements of a digital copyright reform package — which critics warn could have a chilling effect on Internet norms like memes and also damage freedom of expression online. In the draft copyright directive, Article 11; “Protection of press publications […]
View More Europe takes another step towards copyright pre-filters for user generated contentAudit of NHS Trust’s app project with DeepMind raises more questions than it answers
A third party audit of a controversial patient data-sharing arrangement between a London NHS Trust and Google DeepMind appears to have skirted over the core issues that generated the controversy in the first place. The audit (full report here) — conducted by law firm Linklaters — of the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust’s acute kidney injury detection app […]
View More Audit of NHS Trust’s app project with DeepMind raises more questions than it answersPressure mounts on EU-US Privacy Shield after Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal
Yet more pressure on the precariously placed EU-US Privacy Shield: The European Union parliament’s civil liberties committee has called for the data transfer arrangement to be suspended by September 1 unless the US comes into full compliance. Though the committee has no power to suspend the arrangement itself. But has amped up the political pressure on […]
View More Pressure mounts on EU-US Privacy Shield after Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandalEurope’s top court takes a broad view of privacy responsibilities around platforms
An interesting ruling by Europe’s top court could have some major implications for data mining tech giants like Facebook and Google, along with anyone who administers pages that allow platforms to collect and process their visitors’ personal data — such as a Facebook fan page or even potentially a site running Google Analytics. Passing judgement […]
View More Europe’s top court takes a broad view of privacy responsibilities around platformsYep, Trump is appealing the court decision which stops him blocking on Twitter
Well, that didn’t take long.
The U.S. Justice Department will appeal a ruling that prohibits President Trump from blocking people on Twitter who disagree or criticize him, according to court dcourt ocuments filed Monday.
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Brexit blow for UK’s hopes of helping set AI rules in Europe
The UK’s hopes of retaining an influential role for its data protection agency in shaping European Union regulations post-Brexit — including helping to set any new Europe-wide rules around artificial intelligence — look well and truly dashed. In a speech at the weekend in front of the International Federation for European Law, the EU’s chief […]
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