The FTC’s biggest AI enforcement tool? Forcing companies to delete their algorithms

Algorithm disgorgement requires companies to remove products built on data they shouldn’t have used in the first place.

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A year after Dobbs, federal privacy legislation to protect abortion seekers remains stalled

Legislative efforts have suffered due to little Republican interest and a lack of urgency in Congress to address privacy issues.

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FTC accuses genetic testing company of exposing sensitive health data

The case is the latest in a series of FTC enforcement actions focused on health data privacy and the first involving genetic information.

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Congress and intelligence officials spar over surveillance reforms

Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee remain unconvinced that existing reforms are sufficient to address abuse of surveillance authorities.

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Section 702 data helped take down Colonial Pipeline hacker, Biden administration says

The White House is declassifying material about how a controversial surveillance law is used in hopes of building support for its renewal.

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DOJ charges two Russian nationals with historic Mt. Gox hack

Alexey Bilyuchenko is also alleged to have conspired with a Russian man seeking to be included in a swap for an imprisoned U.S. journalist.

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