This case shows the growing dilemma that many countries now face. In a global supply chain economy, the most capable #digital #platforms are rarely national

- They are built, operated, updated, and legally #governed elsewhere

For #sensitive domains such as #defense, #intelligence, #public #safety, and #critical #infrastructure, this creates a structural tension between performance and control.

https://zendata.security/2026/02/14/switzerland-ends-palantir-contract-over-data-sovereignty-risks/

#BigData #privacy #security #corruption #dictators

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Switzerland Ends Palantir Contract Over Data Sovereignty Risks - update

Why Switzerland ended its Palantir contract and what it reveals about data sovereignty risks national security capability

ZENDATA Cybersecurity
tbh, i'm on my last nerve rn. #sensitive #lastnerve #ontheedge #aac #audhd
Navia Data Breach Hits 2.7 Million People, Exposing Sensitive Personal Data

Navia Benefit Solutions says a data breach exposed personal and benefits data tied to 2.7 million people after weeks of unauthorized access.

TechRepublic

[en] Is #AI "#supercharged #surveillance" #legal? (#USA)

"... answer is not straightforward."

"... huge amount of information that the #government can #collect on Americans that is not itself regulated ... by the #Constitution .. #Fourth #Amendment ..."

"... the government can purchase commercial data ... which can include #sensitive personal information like #mobile #location and web #browsing records."

"What AI can do is it can take a lot of information, none of which is by itself sensitive, and therefore none of which by itself is #regulated, and it can give the government a lot of powers ...".

"AI can aggregate ... information to spot patterns, draw inferences ... at massive scale ... law has not caught up with #technological reality".

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/06/1134012/is-the-pentagon-allowed-to-surveil-americans-with-ai/

#privacy #pii

Is the Pentagon allowed to surveil Americans with AI?

Artificial intelligence is supercharging surveillance, and the law has not caught up with it.

MIT Technology Review

#sensitive : having quick and acute sensibility, either to the action of external objects, or to impressions upon the mind and feelings

- French: sensible

- Italian: sensibile

- Portuguese: sensível

- Spanish: sensible

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