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Meta-owned WhatsApp is officially rolling out a new privacy feature in its messaging service called "Protect IP Address in Calls" that masks users' IP addresses to other parties by relaying the calls through its servers. "Calls are end-to-end encrypted, so even if a call is relayed through WhatsApp servers, WhatsApp cannot listen to your calls," the company said in a statement shared with The Hacker News.
Consumers are concerned about their privacy with AI. Cisco discovered that 60% had lost trust in organizations due to their AI use. In this Help Net Security video, Robert Waitman, Director of Cisco's Privacy Center of Excellence, discusses consumers' perceptions and behaviors on data privacy.
Campaigners have long wanted to put a price on a user's data, and Meta appears to have done just that. Following rulings to the effect that Meta needs to seek consent from users, the company has opted for a subscription model.
Meta on Monday announced plans to offer an ad-free option to access Facebook and Instagram for users in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland to comply with...
The executive order features wide-ranging guidance on maintaining safety, civil rights and privacy within government agencies while promoting AI innovation and competition throughout the U.S. Although the executive order doesn't specify generative artificial intelligence, it was likely issued in reaction to the proliferation of generative AI, which has become a hot topic since the public release of OpenAI's ChatGPT in November 2022. Any company developing " any foundation model that poses a serious risk to national security, national economic security, or national public health and safety " must keep the U.S. government informed of their training and red team safety tests, the executive order states.
Younger consumers are taking deliberate action to protect their privacy, as 42% of consumers aged 18-24 exercise their Data Subject Access Rights, compared with just 6% for consumers 75 and older, according to Cisco. Younger consumers are the most willing to take action to protect their privacy.
Australian organisations are showing varying levels of preparedness when it comes to data privacy, with Maddocks partner Sonia Sharma saying they need to get ahead of legislative change because the conversation has already moved from the "Parliament to the pub." Organisations urged to act ahead of Privacy Act reforms.
3) The regulatory focus overlooks the potential for business leaders and privacy leaders to leverage privacy as both a market differentiator and a competitive edge. Why is this important? When business and privacy leaders focus on privacy as a compliance issue, they run the risk of not understanding the true impact their privacy activities have on the extended stakeholder community, including the broader economy, the environment and the society in which they operate.
A privacy panel within the US government today narrowly recommended that Congress reauthorize the Feds' Section 702 spying powers - but with some stronger protections for US citizens only. The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board voted 3-2 on party lines to support all 19 recommendations in the Section 702 report, including one that would tighten rules on FBI agents to get approval from the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to review Americans' electronic communications.
The URLs needed to share chat histories have been indexed. Of course Google's Bard chatbot is currently being re-educated to better understand privacy.…