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Online Businesses Often Steal And Exploit Customer Data Collected During Cancelled Transactions

Joseph Steinberg

Remember, data has value – in fact, as noted above, in some cases the primary reason that retailers offer “great deals” in the first place is to obtain exactly the type of data that the offending retailers are effectively stealing. The abusive practice of keeping data received as part of cancelled purchases seems widespread.

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Online Retailers That Cancel Purchases Continue To Utilize Personal Information Gathered During The Attempted Transactions

Joseph Steinberg

While we have become somewhat accustomed to the data collection practices of online retailers seeking to analyze our purchase histories in order to better target their marketing efforts, many people may not realize that even some well-known retailers also use data provided by people whose purchases the retailer itself cancelled.

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Zoom trains its AI model with some user data, without giving them an opt-out option

Security Affairs

Zoom updated its terms of service and informed users that it will train its artificial intelligence models using some of its data. The update will be effective as of July 27, and accepting the ToS users will give Zoom the right to utilize some aspects of customer data for training its AI models.

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SHARED INTEL: VCs pumped $21.8 billion into cybersecurity in 2021 — why there’s more to come

The Last Watchdog

Many of the startups attempting to tackle this vexing problem are offering the promise of data science and machine learning to automate the process of managing identities, although none of them even have the data collected to prove the accuracy and robustness of their proposed solutions. Leveraging data science.

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LLM Summary of My Book Beyond Fear

Schneier on Security

Human psychology and biases lead to exaggerated fears that politicians/marketers can exploit, resulting in wasteful and theatrical “security theater.” Where possible, favor openness and transparency over aggressive data collection or restrictions which erode civil liberties. Focus only on proportional responses.

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A Pandora's Box: Unpacking 5 Risks in Generative AI

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AI Hallucinations: These are instances where artificial intelligence systems generate outputs that are not grounded in reality or are inconsistent with the intended task. Data Security Luke Richardson | Product Marketing Manager, Imperva More About This Author > Schema Consent management is also considered critical.

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Europe Makes First Move Toward Regulating AI with EU AI Act

SecureWorld News

The European Union approved the EU AI Act, setting up the first steps toward formal regulation of artificial intelligence in the West. Given the size and influence of the EU market, companies that develop and deploy AI technologies may need to comply with the legislation's provisions to continue operating within the EU.