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Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act CDPA effective 2023 has fairly broad exemptions for entities regulated by other laws, such as HIPAA, there is also a new opt-in requirement for collecting sensitive data.

UK Probing 200 Scientists for Passing Research Work to China The Chinese Communist Partys algorithmic surveillance system – filtering, collecting, and analyzing staggering volumes of data flowing across the internet and justifying controls in the name of national security and social stability – is not new to the ears. Such experiments with digital surveillance pose a grave threat to the freedom of expression as well as other human rights issue and the Chinese are increasingly becoming conce...

10 February 2021 17:23 GMT U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced today that the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) comprehensive biometric entry and exit system comment period has reopened for an additional 30 days. Originally published Nov. 19, 2020, the NPRM provides the public an opportunity to provide the U.S. Government comments about the proposed amendments for  non-U.S. citizens traveling to and from the United States. The...

Scientists are working on a way to use AI to create quantitative measurements for chronic pain.Why it matters: Chronic pain is an epidemic in the U.S., but doctors can't measure discomfort as they can other vital signs. Building methods that can objectively measure pain can help ensure that the millions in need of palliative care aren't left to suffer.Support safe, smart, sane journalism. Sign up for Axios Newsletters here.What's happening: Late last month, scientists from IBM and...

What initially started out as an employee criminal background screener program has morphed into a biometric criminal background check program for the public.

Tuesday, January 12, 2021 Your body may be a wonderland or a wasteland, but it is a goldmine of data. Collectors of information have noticed. In our midwinter exploration of the economic and legal foundations of data regulation, we next turn to a natural tool for personal identification, for ongoing transactions (like breathing, walking, and heartbeats), and for categorization – your body. Big tech wants your body, and apparently, we are willing to offer our bodily data upon the alt...