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Amazon Rebuts Alexa Eavesdropping ‘Myths’ as It Scales Device Ecosystem 

Amazon Rebuts Alexa Eavesdropping ‘Myths’ as It Scales Device Ecosystem 
Amazon Rebuts Alexa Eavesdropping ‘Myths’ as It Scales Device Ecosystem 
June 30, 2022  |  Retail

In a year that has seen Amazon blog about its voice-powered Alexa device 28 different times as part of its effort to grow its overall ecosystem...

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Complaint: Australian Retailers Using ‘Intrusive’ Facial Recognition
Complaint: Australian Retailers Using ‘Intrusive’ Facial Recognition
June 27, 2022  |  Retail

A consumer advocacy group says three of Australia’s largest retailers are using “unreasonably intrusive” facial recognition technology on their shoppers. As Reuters reported Monday (June...

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Google Endorses Bill to Limit Government Data Demands 
Google Endorses Bill to Limit Government Data Demands 
June 27, 2022  |  Data & Research

Big Tech companies have been embroiled in legislative discussions in Washington D.C. for more than a year. Most of their attention has been devoted to...

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Facebook Owner Meta Sued for Allegedly Accessing Medical Data
Facebook Owner Meta Sued for Allegedly Accessing Medical Data
June 17, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

Meta is facing a federal lawsuit that says private medical data is being secretly shared with Facebook when patients access their healthcare providers’ web portals....

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US, UK Encourage Privacy-Enhancing Innovation to Combat Money Laundering
US, UK Encourage Privacy-Enhancing Innovation to Combat Money Laundering
June 15, 2022  |  AML

The U.S. and U.K. governments announced on Monday (June 13) a new joint initiative to encourage the development of privacy-enhancing technology (PET) that could be...

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Today in TechREG: CFPB’s ‘No-Action Letters’ May Raise Questions; WhatsApp Has One Month to Comply With EU Consumer Law
Today in TechREG: CFPB’s ‘No-Action Letters’ May Raise Questions; WhatsApp Has One Month to Comply...
June 09, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

Today in TechREG, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) removed Upstart from its list of approved “no-action letters” (NALs). The NALs provided regulatory immunity, but...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: The Challenges of Complying With Digital Identity Regulations
PYMNTS Intelligence: The Challenges of Complying With Digital Identity Regulations
June 09, 2022  |  eCommerce

Technologies designed to authenticate identities are being introduced around the world to replace cumbersome procedures involving usernames, passwords and paper-based identification documents. Biometrics, such as...

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Zil Money on the Challenges of Digital Account Verification for FIs
Zil Money on the Challenges of Digital Account Verification for FIs
June 08, 2022  |  eCommerce

No other industry has more at stake in digital identity verification than financial services, a future Zil Money’s Justin Timlin says will be driven by...

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