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AI is making the hard choice between consumer safety and privacy even trickier
New York Post
Peter Jackson, Cybersecurity and Privacy attorney, shared his insights with New York Post regarding the reality of privacy laws protecting consumer data.
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Peter Jackson, a cybersecurity and privacy attorney at Greenberg Glusker in Los Angeles, says most consumers have no idea how exposed they really are.
“Consumers are under informed about what is happening with their information,” he says. “[Privacy] disclosures are technically thorough and practically useless. Most people don’t really understand what any of it means.”
Jackson agrees that current penalties don’t meet the moment.
The fine is a record under California’s privacy act, but as Jackson notes, “That amount is nothing to Disney. US privacy law is not sufficiently armed with penalties strong enough to incentivize companies to do better.”
“We are sort of in a digital Wild West,” says Jackson. “Our legal system in its current state is not built to fight such battles.”
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