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ChatGPT Still Not Meeting Data Accuracy Standards, EU Data Protection Board Says
OpenAI's efforts to reduce false information being generated by its ChatGPT chatbot are not sufficient to comply with the data accuracy principle, according to the EU's privacy watchdog. Data accuracy is one of the guiding principles of the EU's set of data protection rules, and the EU personal data protection board set up the task force on ChatGPT...
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Google Fitbit Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Violation of EU's General Data Protection Regulation Privacy Regime
Advocacy group Noyb on Thursday filed complaints against Google-owned Fitbit in Austria, the Netherlands and Italy accusing the fitness tracking company of violating the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy regime.
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Apple, Meta, Other Tech Giants Brace for Rollout of EU’s Digital Services Act
More than a dozen of the world's biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union's sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA) imposes new rules on content moderation, user privacy and transparency this month.
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EU Lobbies Asian Countries to Regulate AI Tech Firms, Said to Get Lukewarm Response
The European Union's efforts to lobby governments in Asia — including India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and the Philippines — to implement stringent rules to rein in and regulate AI technology firms are being met with a lukewarm response. The bloc wants its proposed AI Act to become a global benchmark for regulating AI, like its GDPR laws, ...
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Meta Loses Antitrust Case in Top EU Court Over 2019 German Privacy Breach Checks
Antitrust authorities overseeing firms such as Facebook owner Meta Platforms are entitled to also assess privacy breaches, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Tuesday, potentially handing them more leeway in Big Tech probes.
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Spotify Fined $5 Million by Swedish Privacy Body for Breaching EU Data Rules
Music streaming giant Spotify was on Tuesday fined $5.4 million (roughly Rs. 40 crore) for not properly informing users on how data it collected on them was being used, Swedish authorities said. The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection's (IMY) said it had reviewed "how Spotify handles customers' right of access to their personal data."Â
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Meta Faces Record EUR 1.2 Billion Fine in EU Over User Data Transfer to US
Facebook owner Meta has been fined a record EUR 1.2 billion (nearly Rs. 10,750 crore) for transferring EU user data to the United States in breach of a previous court ruling, Ireland's regulator announced Monday. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), which acts on behalf of the European Union, said the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ha...
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Meta Fined EUR 390 Million by EU Regulator, Told to Reassess Legal Basis for Personalised Ads
Meta on Wednesday was fined EUR 390 million by the lead privacy regulator for the European Union and directed to reassess the legal basis on how Facebook and Instagram use personal data to target advertising in the bloc. The company said it plans to appeal the substance of the rulings and the fines imposed by the EU's lead privacy regulator.
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Instagram Fined EUR 405 Million for Mishandling Personal Data of Teenagers
Instagram was fined EUR 405 million (roughly Rs. 3,500 crore) by Ireland's Data Protection Commission for displaying personal details on the profiles of teenage users.
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Privacy Complaint Targets Google Over Unsolicited Ad Emails
Google has breached a European Union court ruling by sending unsolicited advertising emails directly to the inbox of Gmail users, Austrian advocacy group noyb.eu said on Wednesday in a complaint filed with France's data protection watchdog.
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TikTok Warned by Italian Data Watchdog Over Alleged Breach of EU Privacy Rules For Updated Targeted Ads Policy
Popular video sharing platform TikTok has been formally warned by Italy’s data protection authority over an alleged breach of existing European Union privacy rules. TikTok recently informed its users that it would deliver targeted ads to them starting from July 13, whether or not they had provided consent to use data stored on their devices. Whil...
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Facebook Allowed Employees to Access Deleted User Data, Fired Content Screener Claims
Facebook introduced a protocol in 2018 allowing the company’s employees to access data that users deleted, according to a former content screener. Earlier this week, Brennan Lawson sued Facebook parent company Meta, claiming he was fired for raising alarms about the new protocol, which appeared to violate EU digital privacy rules and an FTC order...
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EU Ministers Claim Digital Euro Could Introduce Additional Privacy Safeguards
EU officials stated during a meeting of the currency bloc's finance ministers on Monday that a new digital euro will offer improved privacy for smaller transactions but will not provide complete anonymity.
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EU, US Reach Preliminary Deal to Avoid Disruption in Data Flows
The European Union and the US reached a preliminary agreement to avoid major disruption in transatlantic data flows that had been jeopardised by a ruling of the EU top court, the EU Commission head and the US President said.
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Facebook, Big Tech Face EU Blow in National Data Watchdogs Ruling
Facebook and other Silicon Valley giants could face more scrutiny and sanctions in the European Union after the bloc's top court backed national privacy watchdogs to pursue them, even when they are not their lead regulators.
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ChatGPT Still Not Meeting Data Accuracy Standards, EU Data Protection Board Says
OpenAI's efforts to reduce false information being generated by its ChatGPT chatbot are not sufficient to comply with the data accuracy principle, according to the EU's privacy watchdog. Data accuracy is one of the guiding principles of the EU's set of data protection rules, and the EU personal data protection board set up the task force on ChatGPT...
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Google Fitbit Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Violation of EU's General Data Protection Regulation Privacy Regime
Advocacy group Noyb on Thursday filed complaints against Google-owned Fitbit in Austria, the Netherlands and Italy accusing the fitness tracking company of violating the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy regime.
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Apple, Meta, Other Tech Giants Brace for Rollout of EU’s Digital Services Act
More than a dozen of the world's biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union's sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA) imposes new rules on content moderation, user privacy and transparency this month.
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EU Lobbies Asian Countries to Regulate AI Tech Firms, Said to Get Lukewarm Response
The European Union's efforts to lobby governments in Asia — including India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and the Philippines — to implement stringent rules to rein in and regulate AI technology firms are being met with a lukewarm response. The bloc wants its proposed AI Act to become a global benchmark for regulating AI, like its GDPR laws, ...
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Meta Loses Antitrust Case in Top EU Court Over 2019 German Privacy Breach Checks
Antitrust authorities overseeing firms such as Facebook owner Meta Platforms are entitled to also assess privacy breaches, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Tuesday, potentially handing them more leeway in Big Tech probes.
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Spotify Fined $5 Million by Swedish Privacy Body for Breaching EU Data Rules
Music streaming giant Spotify was on Tuesday fined $5.4 million (roughly Rs. 40 crore) for not properly informing users on how data it collected on them was being used, Swedish authorities said. The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection's (IMY) said it had reviewed "how Spotify handles customers' right of access to their personal data."Â
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Meta Faces Record EUR 1.2 Billion Fine in EU Over User Data Transfer to US
Facebook owner Meta has been fined a record EUR 1.2 billion (nearly Rs. 10,750 crore) for transferring EU user data to the United States in breach of a previous court ruling, Ireland's regulator announced Monday. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), which acts on behalf of the European Union, said the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ha...
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Meta Fined EUR 390 Million by EU Regulator, Told to Reassess Legal Basis for Personalised Ads
Meta on Wednesday was fined EUR 390 million by the lead privacy regulator for the European Union and directed to reassess the legal basis on how Facebook and Instagram use personal data to target advertising in the bloc. The company said it plans to appeal the substance of the rulings and the fines imposed by the EU's lead privacy regulator.
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Instagram Fined EUR 405 Million for Mishandling Personal Data of Teenagers
Instagram was fined EUR 405 million (roughly Rs. 3,500 crore) by Ireland's Data Protection Commission for displaying personal details on the profiles of teenage users.
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Privacy Complaint Targets Google Over Unsolicited Ad Emails
Google has breached a European Union court ruling by sending unsolicited advertising emails directly to the inbox of Gmail users, Austrian advocacy group noyb.eu said on Wednesday in a complaint filed with France's data protection watchdog.
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TikTok Warned by Italian Data Watchdog Over Alleged Breach of EU Privacy Rules For Updated Targeted Ads Policy
Popular video sharing platform TikTok has been formally warned by Italy’s data protection authority over an alleged breach of existing European Union privacy rules. TikTok recently informed its users that it would deliver targeted ads to them starting from July 13, whether or not they had provided consent to use data stored on their devices. Whil...
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Facebook Allowed Employees to Access Deleted User Data, Fired Content Screener Claims
Facebook introduced a protocol in 2018 allowing the company’s employees to access data that users deleted, according to a former content screener. Earlier this week, Brennan Lawson sued Facebook parent company Meta, claiming he was fired for raising alarms about the new protocol, which appeared to violate EU digital privacy rules and an FTC order...
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EU Ministers Claim Digital Euro Could Introduce Additional Privacy Safeguards
EU officials stated during a meeting of the currency bloc's finance ministers on Monday that a new digital euro will offer improved privacy for smaller transactions but will not provide complete anonymity.
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EU, US Reach Preliminary Deal to Avoid Disruption in Data Flows
The European Union and the US reached a preliminary agreement to avoid major disruption in transatlantic data flows that had been jeopardised by a ruling of the EU top court, the EU Commission head and the US President said.
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Facebook, Big Tech Face EU Blow in National Data Watchdogs Ruling
Facebook and other Silicon Valley giants could face more scrutiny and sanctions in the European Union after the bloc's top court backed national privacy watchdogs to pursue them, even when they are not their lead regulators.
