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AI could constantly scan the internet for data privacy violations, a quicker, easier way to enforce compliance

  • Written by Karuna Pande Joshi, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
You leave bits of your personal data behind online, and companies are happy to trade in them.metamorworks/ iStock/Getty Images Plus

You’re trailing bits of personal data – such as credit card numbers, shopping preferences and which news articles you read – as you travel around the internet. Large internet companies make money off...

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