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yahoo.com | Alfred Ng
As the Trump administration pulls back on digital protections for consumers, several states are moving to regulate companies’ use of personal data to set prices — but have already crashed into corporate opposition. In California, Georgia, Illinois, Colorado and New York, state lawmakers have introduced bills to set rules around “surveillance pricing,” a growing practice that worries consumer advocates due to potential unfairness and use of sensitive information.
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2 weeks ago | 
politico.com | Alfred Ng
The case could have ramifications beyond the board, extending to the rest of the Trump administration’s control of independent federal agencies. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs during a "Make America Wealthy Again" event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025. | Francis Chung/POLITICO President Donald Trump illegally removed two Democratic members of a federal privacy oversight board, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.
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2 weeks ago | 
politico.com | Alfred Ng
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1 month ago | 
politico.com | Alfred Ng
The gates to President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago are seen in this image.
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1 month ago | 
politico.com | Alfred Ng
Hello, and welcome to the Future in 5 Questions. This week we spoke with Justin Sherman, a data privacy expert who has led research on how companies collect and sell people’s personal information. He previously founded and ran a research program on the data broker industry at Duke University and is the founder of Global Cyber Strategies, which consults on cybersecurity, privacy and tech policy issues.
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1 month ago | 
benton.org | Alfred Ng
Erie Meyer is a former chief technologist at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission who will be a senior fellow researching the intersection of tech, artificial intelligence, and regulation at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator and the Georgetown Tech and Society Initiative.
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1 month ago | 
politico.com | Alfred Ng
With help from John Hendel Hello, and welcome to The Future in 5 Questions. This week we spoke with Erie Meyer, a former chief technologist at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission who will be a senior fellow researching the intersection of tech, artificial intelligence and regulation at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator and the Georgetown Tech and Society Initiative.
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2 months ago | 
politico.com | Alfred Ng
With help from John Hendel The Facebook and Instagram apps are seen on the screen of an iPhone.
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2 months ago | 
politico.com | Alfred Ng
With help from Anthony AdragnaA long-running bipartisan effort to ensure fairness in computer decisionmaking could become collateral damage in the Trump administration’s all-fronts war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and other “woke” policies. For years, AI experts and civil rights advocates have been worried about the potential for computer algorithms to make biased decisions.
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2 months ago | 
ramaonhealthcare.com | Alfred Ng
Politico With help from Anthony AdragnaA long-running bipartisan effort to ensure fairness in computer decisionmaking could become collateral damage in the Trump administration’s all-fronts war on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and other “woke” policies. For years, AI experts and civil rights advocates have been worried about the potential for computer algorithms to make biased decisions.
