Digital privacy

Experts have raised concerns about the consent architecture and exemptions provided to certain intermediaries on the processing of children’s data in the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in this letter:■ Gruhas, Collective Artists Network’s new fund■ IT firms eye greater AI push this year■ CoinDCX lures customers with bonus offerFurore over data act leeway to some companies on use of kid’s data Security experts have raised concerns about the definition…

A US Federal Judge blocked a Montana law Thursday that would have banned TikTok in the state starting on January 1st, arguing the bill is unconstitutional on the basis that it violates users’ right to free speech.“Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police” | AI UnlockedU.S. District Judge Donald Molloy issued a temporary injunction to halt the law, saying it “violates the Constitution in more ways than one.” Molloy said the ban on the Chinese-owned app is permeated with a “pervasive undertone of anti-Chinese sentiment.”…

Photo: Pixels Hunter / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock)A bill introduced Thursday in response to the reversal of Roe v. Wade would enshrine first-of-its kind protections for location data and health information. If it passes, it has the potential to be one of the most significant privacy laws in American history.The bill, called the Upholding Protections for Health and Online Location Data (UPHOLD) Privacy Act was introduced by three Democratic senators, citing digital privacy concerns in the wake ofthe Supreme Court…

Google’s new open source tool Magritte can automatically identify objects in videos to add blur to them.Photo: DANIEL CONSTANTE (Shutterstock)On Friday, Google announced its machine learning tool called Magritte was going open source. According to information sent to Gizmodo, the tool detects objects inside images or video and automatically applies blur when they appear on screen. Google mentioned the object does not matter, and blur can be applied to, for example, license plates or tattoos.Google also mentioned the code…

Image: DisconnectThere’s a law in the United States that says companies aren’t supposed to track young children, but they do it anyway. More than two thirds of the most popular kids’ iPhone apps collect and share personal information, according to a recent study from Pixalate. By some estimates, digital ad firms have collected an average of 72 million data points about every kid by the time they turn 13, the age legal data collection is supposed to start. A new app from the security firm Disconnect aims to do something…

FTC Chair Lina Khan is a big critic of big tech, and she’s stretching her agency’s regulatory power to try and take on the industry’s data gathering practices.Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call (AP)Despite years of tech companies tracking users, gathering data on their online activities and selling it for profit, few government entities have done anything tangible to halt the hoarding of people’s online information. But it looks like the Federal Trade Commission is putting on its bright orange vest, thinking it could become…