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Lobbying efforts gain ground as proposals carve myriad holes into regulations Privacy advocates are condemning the European Commission's leaked plans to overhaul digital privacy legislation, accusing officials of bypassing proper legislative processes to favor Big Tech interests.…
Noyb says New York-based facial recognition biz flouted GDPR orders and kept scraping anyway Privacy advocates at Noyb filed a criminal complaint against Clearview AI for scraping social media users' faces without consent to train its AI algorithms.…
The Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection has formally requested Google and Apple to remove the DeepSeek AI application from the application stores due to GDPR violations. [...]
'Legitimate interest' won't wash, says privacy outfit, as Zuck's org claims activists want to 'delay AI innovation' There's a Max Schrems-shaped object standing in the way of Meta's plans to train its AI on the data of its European users, and he's come armed with several justifications for why Zuckercorp might be violating EU regulations with its stated plans. …
Norwegian Man Tells OpenAI: I Didn't Kill My ChildrenA Norwegian man is peeved that a chatbot hallucinated a violent backstory for his life after seeing that ChatGPT apparently believes he's a child killer spending decades inside prison. "The fact that someone could read this output and believe it is true is what scares me the most," he said.
PLUS: Data broker leak reveals extent of info trading; Hot new ransomware gang might be all AI, no bark; and more Infosec in brief Gravy Analytics, a vendor of location intelligence info for marketers which reached a settlement with US authorities last year over its alleged unlawful sale of location, has reportedly been hacked – potentially exposing millions of smartphone users.…
Italy's data protection authority has fined ChatGPT maker OpenAI a fine of €15 million ($15.66 million) over how the generative artificial intelligence application handles personal data
The EU Data Protection Board (EDPB) published a long-awaited opinion on how GDPR should apply to AI models
Inquiry Launched to Determine the Company's Compliance With GDPRThe Irish data regulator launched an investigation to determine Google's compliance with a European privacy law when it was developing its PaLM 2 artificial intelligence model. Google launched the multilingual generative AI model last year.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission launches inquiry into whether Google followed GDPR rules over AI model training
5th Nation to Investigate Software Firm Imposes Largest GDPR Penalty, Bans UseThe Dutch data regulator is the latest agency to fine artificial intelligence company Clearview AI over its facial data harvesting and other privacy violations of GDPR rules, joining regulatory agencies in France, Italy, Greece and the United Kingdom.
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) has imposed a fine of €30.5 million ($33.7 million) against facial recognition firm Clearview AI for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union (E.U.) by building an "illegal database with billions of photos of faces," including those of Dutch citizens
European privacy advocate NOYB (None of Your Business) has filed nine GDPR complaints about X using the personal data from over 60 million users in Europe to train "Grok," the social media company's large language model. [...]
The Irish data protection watchdog accuses X Corp’s European subsidiary of breaching GDPR with Grok AI training
Google is urging third-party Android app developers to incorporate generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) features in a responsible manner
European non-profit Noyb has filed a complaint to the Austrian data protection authority (DSB) over OpenAI’s ChatGPT providing false personal information
Italy's data protection authority (DPA) has notified ChatGPT-maker OpenAI of supposedly violating privacy laws in the region
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill Heads to the House of LordsBritish Conservative lawmakers are pushing ahead with legislation modifying the U.K. codification of European privacy law despite objections from privacy advocates and concerns about the legislation's impact on European trade. Government backers say the bill will bolster the domestic AI industry.