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The article discusses the impact of facial and voice recognition powered by artificial intelligence on society. Topics include privacy concerns regarding voice-assisted consumer devices such as Alexa and Google Home, and concerns regarding flaws or biased data provided from the use of facial recognition to identify criminals.

The article discusses the value associated with personal data. Topics include the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to collect and extract value from personal data, challenges to companies trying to monetize personal data related to confidentiality, privacy, and regulatory requirements, and LeapYear Technologies' development of cryptographic technology that enables statistical analysis of a dataset without disclosing information about individual records.

The article discusses how the European Constitution and the Japanese Act Concerning Protection of Personal Information categorize privacy and data protection as a right while the U.S. does not according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and how this impacts the U.S., European, and Japanese approach to data protection. Topics include how U.S. President Barack Obama is working to change the U.S. self regulatory policy towards Internet data collection with a proposed Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights (CPBR), how the collective memory of state surveillance under the Nazis impacted Europe's privacy laws, and how Japan oversees what businesses can do with collected consumer data.