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France to Use AI-Powered Surveillance During 2024 Paris Olympics Despite Warnings From Rights Groups
France on Thursday approved the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for the upcoming 2024 Pris Olympics, with algorithmic video surveillance to detect "pre-determined events", abnormal behaviour and crowd surges. The French National assembly approved the use of the technology despite warnings from rights groups that have said the AI-based technolo...
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Google Sends 'Spam Emails' With Inbox Ads Despite EU Court Judgement, Privacy Group Says
Google faces a privacy complaint over claims that the company sends 'spam emails' to users' inboxes, without their consent, in breach of a European Union court order. An Austria-based privacy advocacy group has filed a complaint with the Commission Nationale de l'informatique et des Libertés, or CNIL, France's data protection authority.
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Facebook, Google Face EUR 150-Million French Fine for Cookie Breaches
French data privacy watchdog CNIL said it had fined Google a record EUR 150 million (roughly Rs. 1,265 crore) for making it difficult for Internet users to refuse online trackers known as cookies.
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Apple Gets Boost in French Privacy Fight, But Still Faces Probe
Apple gained on Wednesday as France's antitrust watchdog rejected advertisers' requests to suspend the iPhone maker's upcoming privacy feature. Apple's new 'App Tracking Transparency' feature allows users to block advertisers from tracking them across different applications.
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Clubhouse Faces Data Privacy Probe From French Watchdog CNIL
France's data privacy watchdog CNIL said that it had opened an investigation into Clubhouse, the US audio chat app that has become a social media hit.
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Google Fined EUR 100 Million, Amazon Fined EUR 35 Million by French Watchdog CNIL for Breaching Cookie Rules
France's data privacy watchdog CNIL has handed out its biggest-ever fine of EUR 100 million (roughly Rs. 900 crores) to Google and EUR 35 million (roughly Rs. 300 crores) to Amazon for breaching the country's rules on online advertising trackers, or cookies.
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Google to Appeal EUR 50 Million French Data Consent Fine
Google said Wednesday it would appeal a record EUR 50-million fine imposed by France's data regulator for failing to meet the EU's strict new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Google Fined $57 Million by France for First Major Violation of EU's GDPR Data Privacy Rules
France's top data-privacy agency, known as the CNIL, said Monday that Google failed to fully disclose to users how their personal information is collected and what happens to it.
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Facebook Fined 150,000 Euros By French Data Watchdog CNIL
Facebook has been fined 150,000 euros ($166,000) by France's data protection watchdog for failing to prevent its users' data being accessed by advertisers.
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Google ordered to display 'we were fined' notice on its French search page
Google said it would comply with the order but would keep fighting the 150,000-euro fine issued by privacy watchdog CNIL.
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Google ordered to change privacy policy in France
France's data protection watchdog ordered Google to change its privacy policy or face fines.
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EU regulators give Google four months to change privacy policy
Google has four months to make its privacy policy comply with requests from EU data protection watchdogs or start facing the possibility of disciplinary action.
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France orders Google to hand over Street View data
France's data-protection authority wants Google to hand over data secretly collected by its Street View mapping cars which it failed to delete.
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France to Use AI-Powered Surveillance During 2024 Paris Olympics Despite Warnings From Rights Groups
France on Thursday approved the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for the upcoming 2024 Pris Olympics, with algorithmic video surveillance to detect "pre-determined events", abnormal behaviour and crowd surges. The French National assembly approved the use of the technology despite warnings from rights groups that have said the AI-based technolo...
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Google Sends 'Spam Emails' With Inbox Ads Despite EU Court Judgement, Privacy Group Says
Google faces a privacy complaint over claims that the company sends 'spam emails' to users' inboxes, without their consent, in breach of a European Union court order. An Austria-based privacy advocacy group has filed a complaint with the Commission Nationale de l'informatique et des Libertés, or CNIL, France's data protection authority.
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Facebook, Google Face EUR 150-Million French Fine for Cookie Breaches
French data privacy watchdog CNIL said it had fined Google a record EUR 150 million (roughly Rs. 1,265 crore) for making it difficult for Internet users to refuse online trackers known as cookies.
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Apple Gets Boost in French Privacy Fight, But Still Faces Probe
Apple gained on Wednesday as France's antitrust watchdog rejected advertisers' requests to suspend the iPhone maker's upcoming privacy feature. Apple's new 'App Tracking Transparency' feature allows users to block advertisers from tracking them across different applications.
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Clubhouse Faces Data Privacy Probe From French Watchdog CNIL
France's data privacy watchdog CNIL said that it had opened an investigation into Clubhouse, the US audio chat app that has become a social media hit.
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Google Fined EUR 100 Million, Amazon Fined EUR 35 Million by French Watchdog CNIL for Breaching Cookie Rules
France's data privacy watchdog CNIL has handed out its biggest-ever fine of EUR 100 million (roughly Rs. 900 crores) to Google and EUR 35 million (roughly Rs. 300 crores) to Amazon for breaching the country's rules on online advertising trackers, or cookies.
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Google to Appeal EUR 50 Million French Data Consent Fine
Google said Wednesday it would appeal a record EUR 50-million fine imposed by France's data regulator for failing to meet the EU's strict new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Google Fined $57 Million by France for First Major Violation of EU's GDPR Data Privacy Rules
France's top data-privacy agency, known as the CNIL, said Monday that Google failed to fully disclose to users how their personal information is collected and what happens to it.
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Facebook Fined 150,000 Euros By French Data Watchdog CNIL
Facebook has been fined 150,000 euros ($166,000) by France's data protection watchdog for failing to prevent its users' data being accessed by advertisers.
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Google ordered to display 'we were fined' notice on its French search page
Google said it would comply with the order but would keep fighting the 150,000-euro fine issued by privacy watchdog CNIL.
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Google ordered to change privacy policy in France
France's data protection watchdog ordered Google to change its privacy policy or face fines.
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EU regulators give Google four months to change privacy policy
Google has four months to make its privacy policy comply with requests from EU data protection watchdogs or start facing the possibility of disciplinary action.
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France orders Google to hand over Street View data
France's data-protection authority wants Google to hand over data secretly collected by its Street View mapping cars which it failed to delete.
