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Data firms are hoovering up all sorts of information about us, and then selling it to political campaigns and advocacy groups. But one of these data collectors is using that information to extrapolate whether voters might believe QAnon conspiracies or support Jan. 6 insurrectionists — raising concerns about more than just privacy. POLITICO reporter Alfred Ng joins host Steven Overly to talk about the controversial voter database. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Police officers routinely write reports after traffic stops, robberies and other daily encounters. And increasingly, they're using artificial intelligence software from police technology company Axon to do it. But POLITICO reporter Alfred Ng found department policies for labeling which reports are AI generated are inconsistent. On POLITICO Tech, Ng breaks down some of the legal and ethical questions the criminal justice system has to sort out as a result.

Many car companies collect data about your habits behind the wheel. But selling it? That's a new problem.  In a lawsuit earlier this week, Texas accused General Motors of selling that information to third parties, including insurance companies, all while deceiving millions of drivers about how their information was collected and used. On POLITICO Tech, reporter Alfred Ng tells host Steven Overly why the case in Texas may be a harbinger of more legal fights to come.

There's a new data privacy bill floating around Capitol Hill this week -- backed by the chairs of two powerful committees. And at first glance, it seems to have a lot of potential. But POLITICO Tech host Steven Overly and privacy reporter Alfred Ng discuss the sticking points that could cause the legislation to stall.

Facing a wave of violent crime in 2022, New Orleans decided to lift a ban on facial recognition technology and allow police to use it to identify certain suspects. But police were required to track how often the technology is used and whether it actually works. On POLITICO Tech, privacy reporter Alfred Ng and host Steven Overly discuss what the data show a year later.    

The House finally has a new speaker: Mike Johnson (R-La). He's a relative newcomer who's been a lower-level member of the House GOP leadership. And while he's an outspoken opponent of abortion and same-sex marriage, his record on other health issues is scant. Meanwhile, the National Institutes of Health appears on track to be getting a new director, and Georgia's Medicaid work requirement experiment is off to a very slow start. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Rachel Cohrs of Stat join KFF Health News' Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Michael Cannon, director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank.Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too: Julie Rovner: The Washington Post's “The Pandemic Has Faded in This Michigan County. The Mistrust Never Ended,” by Greg Jaffe and Patrick Marley. Alice Miranda Ollstein: Politico's “Dozens of States Sue Meta Over Addictive Features Harming Kids,” by Rebecca Kern, Josh Sisco, and Alfred Ng. Rachel Cohrs: The New York Times' “Ozempic and Wegovy Don't Cost What You Think They Do,” by Gina Kolata. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coffee Connects in Ngee Ann Polytechnic looks to venture out and expand into the wider market. It is led by a 20-year old entrepreneur, who's journey in starting and sustaining this business came with many challenges which he faced with help from those with more experience, but also through his own grit and determination. We speak to Alfred Ng, Business Studies Graduate, Ngee Ann Polytechnic & Co-Founder, Coffee Connects more about this.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington has become the first state to create data privacy protections specifically related to health information, following the Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade in June. Alfred Ng talks with host Megan Messerly about the impact this might have on companies sharing or collecting consumer health data and the possible far-reaching influence it could have on other states. 

Hey everybody, I'm Joe Miller and here's what's going on in the world of tech law & policy this week. Alfred Ng over at Politico reports that the police can obtain Ring camera footage without your permission. All they need is a warrant. But don't worry – they will be nice. They will call you instead of knocking on your door.  If you don't give them the footage, Ring will also contact you. If you still don't give them the footage, well, I don't know about you but I wouldn't want to find out what happens after that!   And getting  a warrant is the least intrusive way to gain access. San Francisco recently passed an ordinance allowing police access to live Ring camera footage.  – Should the U.S. ban TikTok in the U.S.? The younger you are, the more likely you are to say, “No.” But lawmakers across the aisle want the app banned, citing security and propaganda concerns about the fact that its parent company, ByteDance, is based in China, and China has way more control over its corporations than the U.S.  But in yet another deadlock in Washington, the Biden administration hasn't acted, the Commerce Department hasn't acted, and neither has Congress. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) has engaged nine agencies in an investigation, but it has taken years to get that completed.   Neither Democrats nor Republicans want to be the ones to anger GenZ and suburban moms. And a ton of TikTok accounts are run by politicians.    There's been  discussion about Oracle handling all U.S. TikTok data in the U.S. But engineers in Beijing will still have access.   –   House Republicans are lining up in support of Elon Musk, as Cat Zakrzewski reports in the Washington Post.    House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan released an 18-page report attacking the Federal Trade Commission's investigation of the platform, calling it a “harassment campaign” against Elon Musk.. The FTC began re-investigating Twitter last year, before Musk acquired Twitter, about a possible breach of its 2011 consent decree to improve privacy practices.    The privacy loophole in your doorbell Police were investigating his neighbor. A judge gave officers access to all his security-camera footage, including inside his home. politico.com VIEW MORE   As Washington wavers on TikTok, Beijing exerts control TikTok's link to China has sparked fears over propaganda and privacy. It's also exposed America's failure to safeguard the web. washingtonpost.com VIEW MORE   House Republicans defend Musk from FTC's ‘harassment campaign' The FTC's Twitter probe has earned the ire of House Republicans, who argue the agency is trying to thwart Musk's absolutist vision of free speech on Twitter. washingtonpost.com VIEW MORE   Biden Seeks $100 Million Boost for Justice's Antitrust Muscle President Joe Biden is asking for a $100 million increase in the fiscal year 2024 budget for the Justice Department's antitrust division, underscoring his focus on enforcing against companies' anticompetitive conduct. news.bloomberglaw.com VIEW MORE   CFPB and NLRB Announce Information Sharing Agreement to Protect American Consumers and Workers from Illegal Practices | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) today signed an information sharing agreement, creating a formal partnership between the two agencies to better protect American families and to address practices that harm workers in the “gig economy” and other labor markets. consumerfinance.gov VIEW MORE   Warren Urges DOJ Review of Thoma Bravo Rental Software Unit A group of Democratic senators is urging the US Justice Department to scrutinize whether Thoma Bravo LLC's rental software company RealPage Inc. is fomenting rising rents across the US through its rental pricing software. bloomberg.com VIEW MORE   Biden FCC nominee withdraws after a bruising lobbying battle Gigi Sohn's decision leaves the agency deadlocked -- and Biden's internet promises in limbo washingtonpost.com VIEW MORE    

Suga International set up its outside-China production plant in Vietnam in 2018 – a plan to reduce investment risks amid the growing tension between China and United States. The move drew positive responses from clients, fostering Suga’s massive expansion in the country. In this video, Alfred Ng, the Executive Director of Suga shares Suga’s journey in Vietnam. With proper training, he believes the young population in Vietnam will be a great asset to foreign investors.

We often learn about cybersecurity issues because of reporting. And as the years have progressed, the stories have only become more intertwined into our everyday lives.Tune in to hear about the role of journalism in cybersecurity—like what makes a vulnerability newsworthy and what coverage helps readers most—on the latest episode of Lock and Code, with guests Seth Rosenblatt of The Parallax and Alfred Ng of CNET. 

This week on Surveillance And The City, we talk about the rush to invest in the money-losing surveillance firm Palantir. Our guest Alfred Ng, senior reporter at CNET, joins us to dig into the latest revelations about geofence warrants, including revealing new internal documents from Google. READ Alfred's latest article on Google & Geofence Warrants HEREAlso we talk about how Lord of the Rings is a metaphor for our current data-industrial-complex woes.  Special Thanks to Patrick Arnold.  

Dan Moren from SixColors walks through all the new hardware announced by Apple including an updated Macbook Air and an iPad Pro with LiDAR.Alfred Ng from CNET covers a multitude of COVID-19 hoaxes, the effect of the pandemic on the US primaries, and how privacy could be impacted long term.The European Union is asking online streaming services to throttle its content quality in an effort to save the broadband networks they run on.Movie theaters are getting creative in a time where people are limiting their exposure to COVID-19 by avoiding cinemas entirely. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: Dan Moren and Alfred Ng Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Sponsor: ZipRecruiter.com/tnw

Dan Moren from SixColors walks through all the new hardware announced by Apple including an updated Macbook Air and an iPad Pro with LiDAR.Alfred Ng from CNET covers a multitude of COVID-19 hoaxes, the effect of the pandemic on the US primaries, and how privacy could be impacted long term.The European Union is asking online streaming services to throttle its content quality in an effort to save the broadband networks they run on.Movie theaters are getting creative in a time where people are limiting their exposure to COVID-19 by avoiding cinemas entirely. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: Dan Moren and Alfred Ng Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Sponsor: ZipRecruiter.com/tnw

Dan Moren from SixColors walks through all the new hardware announced by Apple including an updated Macbook Air and an iPad Pro with LiDAR.Alfred Ng from CNET covers a multitude of COVID-19 hoaxes, the effect of the pandemic on the US primaries, and how privacy could be impacted long term.The European Union is asking online streaming services to throttle its content quality in an effort to save the broadband networks they run on.Movie theaters are getting creative in a time where people are limiting their exposure to COVID-19 by avoiding cinemas entirely. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: Dan Moren and Alfred Ng Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Sponsor: ZipRecruiter.com/tnw