Protecting Privacy in an AI Era

Daniel Solove argues in the Wall Street Journal (alternate link ) that giving people control of their personal data is not an effective way to regulate privacy in this era. Instead, we need to hold companies accountable for their actions, similar to what we do with food and drug companies. Measures such as rigorous data minimization, fiduciary duties, liability for negligent or reckless technological design, liability for algorithms that cause harm, and multi-stakeholder review of technologies w

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ethics.ai (16 July 2026), “Protecting Privacy in an AI Era,” evidence record 11083, https://ethics.ai/record/11083 (originally published by Bruce Schneier — Schneier on Security).

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