Biden Administration Makes First Move on Data Privacy

The Biden administration is launching its first big effort on privacy policy by looking at how data privacy issues affect civil rights. From a report: The National Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA), the telecom unit of the Commerce Department, plans to hold 'listening sessions' and seek comment on the intersection of privacy, equity and civil rights, according to an agency notice. NTIA intends to develop a report on the 'ways in which commercial data flows of personal information can lead to disparate impact and outcomes for marginalized or disadvantaged communities.' The agency noted that data collection can lead to harm through discriminatory targeted advertising or via software that uses race as a factor in predicting academic success, as detailed by a report in The Markup.

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