Monthly Archives: October 2020

California’s AB 1281 (2020 | CA) extends an exception to California’s Data Privacy Law for information related to: job applicants employees business owners directors officers medical staff contractors ADLaw | California Privacy Legislation Round-Up: Gov. Newsom Signs CCPA Employee Exemption Extension, Vetoes Others

The city: Detroit, MI What did city councilors say in support? Citizens say they’re afraid of being victims of crimes & want police to have all tools available to them It is a tool to make law enforcement more efficient, detectives still have to investigate What is Detroit’s background with facial recognition software? The city […]

Where: California What legislation: SB 980 (2020 | CA) would have established privacy protections over the data collected by genetic testing companies like Ancestry.com and 23andMe What privacy protections?   clear notice to individuals when their genetic material is shared to 3rd parties allow consumers to revoke their consent to certain disclosure procedures  The veto rational?  bill could […]

Let’s look at how the CIA is incentivizing tech employees, since they can’t compete with private sector salaries. The CIA created CIA Labs that will allow: CIA employees to publicly file patents on the intellectual property  CIA employees for the 1st time would be able to collect a portion of the the profits & the […]

To remain competitive, an expanded use of AI is crucial for small business and education system, as members of the Congressional AI Caucus are calling for an use of artificial intelligence. What kind o policy changes are we talking about? transparency regarding data  AI should be promoted in schools to build a competitive workforce promote […]

The state: Colorado The expanded use of facial recognition software: law enforcement agencies have asked Colorado’s DMV 227 times to run facial recognition software against its data base. Including of protestors. Does Colorado have a law about the use of facial recognition software? No Have Colorado cities opted out? Yes, Denver opted out. Denver Post […]