- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Neil Hodge2024-04-17T15:09:00
A U.K.-based Uber Eats driver recently received a financial settlement in a case alleging facial recognition checks required to access his work app were racially discriminatory.
Pa Edrissa Manjang, who is Black, experienced difficulties with the app’s verification checks, according to the watchdog that helped fund his case. He was removed from the platform in 2021 because of “‘continued mismatches’” in the photos of his face.
The implications of the case underscore a popular belief that companies prioritize protecting the personal information of their customers over the fundamental data rights of their employees, despite privacy laws like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requiring equal treatment.
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The “American Privacy Rights Act” has steep hills to climb if it’s ever going to become law, but that’s no reason for businesses to delay their privacy tune-ups.
The General Data Protection Regulation has been in force for nearly six years. Some industries—and some companies—have been more prone to fall foul of the rules than others.
The proliferation of artificial intelligence technologies—and their reliance on publicly available data—has reinforced the need for tech developers and the companies using their solutions to ensure privacy by design and by default is at the crux of any offering.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an alert to financial institutions about their obligations to report deepfakes, warning artificial intelligence has given bad actors additional tools in their arsenal.
A nationwide rental outlet affiliated with Rent-a-Center and its chief executive have been sued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for allegedly deceiving five million consumers about the terms of credit agreements.
A lack of risk visibility is causing companies to reject customers–and potentially lose money–over fears they might be in danger of violating rules around anti-money laundering and sanctions regulations.
