Tag: #privacy

San Francisco to Tighten Access to License-Plate Reader Data, Critics Say Changes Don’t Go Far Enough

Mayor Lurie limits vendor access to Flock plate-reader data to 30 days and moves older records to city servers — privacy groups say warrants and firmer deletion are needed.

#sanfrancisco, #privacy, #surveillance, #alpr

Study: Trained medical AI models can hide and later reconstruct patient scans

A MICCAI-accepted paper shows insiders could embed compressed medical scans in exported AI model weights, creating a privacy blind spot for hospitals.

#ai, #medicalimaging, #privacy, #hipaa

Apple begins beta rollout of rebuilt Siri and Apple Intelligence, with hardware limits and EU iPhone/iPad delay

Apple begins beta rollout of rebuilt Siri and Apple Intelligence in English, with hardware restrictions, daily caps and an EU iPhone/iPad delay under the Digital Markets Act.

$AAPL, #apple, #siri, #ai, #privacy

Detokenization Cache Attack Can Reconstruct Local LLM Outputs, Researchers Warn

Researchers show locally run LLM outputs can be reconstructed from CPU cache activity during detokenization, raising privacy concerns for on-device AI.

#security, #llm, #sidechannel, #privacy

Judge Approves Meta Settlement That Mandates Age Checks, Teen Limits and Years of Audits

Federal judge approved a ~$17bn Meta settlement that mandates age-assurance checks, default teen limits, parental controls and years of audits.

#meta, #privacy, #teens, #settlement

Meta Settlement Would Require Age-Verification Across Platforms, EFF Warns of Privacy Tradeoffs

A proposed Meta settlement with 52 state attorneys general would enforce age-assurance across its services, raising privacy concerns, the EFF says.

$META, #meta, #privacy, #coppa, #socialmedia, #teensafety

Amazon-owned Ring makes 'TAKE' default worldwide, will delete keys after 24 hours

Ring will roll out TAKE (Throw Away the Key Encryption) as the default starting in September, temporarily storing decryption keys for 24 hours.

$AMZN, #ring, #encryption, #privacy, #amazon

Carnegie Mellon Preprint Finds Reinforcement Learning on Benign Facts Can Amplify LLM Leakage of Memorized Emails

A CMU preprint shows reinforcement learning on benign factual Q&A can make models more likely to reveal memorized Enron email addresses.

#ai, #privacy, #llm, #machine-learning

OpenAI offers Zero Data Retention and Private Safety Processing for enterprise API customers

OpenAI offers eligible enterprise API customers Zero Data Retention for frontier models and previews Private Safety Processing to allow safety checks without exposing content.

#openai, #privacy, #enterprise, #aisafety

Flock Safety cuts default license-plate data retention to seven days, adds 'Evidence Mode' and new search limits

Flock Safety will cut default ALPR data retention from 30 to seven days, add Evidence Mode and mandatory misuse detection — but existing customers keep prior settings.

#flock, #alpr, #surveillance, #privacy

Preprint finds flaw that let researchers decode encrypted chain-of-thought blobs from major LLM APIs

An arXiv preprint says a cross-model replay flaw let researchers decode encrypted chain-of-thought blobs from major LLM APIs, exposing PII and credentials.

#ai, #security, #privacy, #openai

FTC, California and Utah Sue Hims & Hers Over Alleged Data Sharing and Deceptive Subscription Practices

FTC, California and Utah sued telehealth firm Hims & Hers, alleging it shared sensitive health data with Meta and Snap and used deceptive subscription billing.

$HIMS, #ftc, #himsandhers, #telehealth, #privacy

FAA’s Quiet Approval Surge Clears Path for Nationwide Drone-as-First-Responder Programs

A surge in FAA BVLOS waivers means more than 1,000 U.S. public-safety agencies can run remote drone-as-first-responder operations.

$AXON, #drone, #publicsafety, #faa, #privacy

Google reCAPTCHA mobile verification depends on Play Services, raising access and privacy concerns

Google’s reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification relies on Google Play Services, prompting privacy advocates to warn it could lock out users of de‑Googled Android systems.

#google, #recaptcha, #android, #privacy

Supreme Court Says App-Generated Location History Can Be a Fourth Amendment Search; Geofence Warrant Sent Back to Lower Court

High court rules phone location history can be protected under the Fourth Amendment but leaves geofence-warrant legality to lower courts.

#privacy, #supremecourt, #surveillance, #geofence