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Built on Borrowed Data: The Hidden Human Cost of Your Favorite AI Tools
A new Amnesty International report reveals how mass data scraping and skyrocketing environmental costs are baked into the design of generative AI.
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Pinterest Fires Two Engineers For Developing Employee Layoff Monitoring Tool
Pinterest has fired two engineers for creating a tool that monitored employee layoffs by accessing internal Slack data, violating company policies and privacy.
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Dutch Groups Sue Google Over Alleged Privacy Violations In Data Collection
The Dutch Consumers' Association Consumentenbond together with the Privacy Protection Foundation issued legal proceedings against Google on Tuesday for alleged large-scale privacy violations, they said in a statement.
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US FTC Says Amazon Ring Violated Customer Privacy, Announces $5.8-Million Settlement
US Federal Trade Commission said in a court filing on Wednesday that Amazon's Ring doorbell camera unit spied for months on female customers in 2017 with cameras placed in bedrooms and bathrooms and announced a $5.8 million (roughly Rs. 47 crore) settlement with the company over privacy violations.
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Google, Meta Fined Over $71 Million In South Korea Over Privacy Violations
South Korea has fined Google and Meta more than $71 million collectively for gathering users' personal information without consent for tailored ads, regulators said Wednesday, the country's highest-ever data protection fines.
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Facebook Slapped With Record $5 Billion Fine By US Over Privacy Violations
Facebook Inc will pay a record-breaking $5 billion fine to resolve a government probe into its privacy practices and the social media giant will restructure its approach to privacy, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday.
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Facebook "Digital Gangsters", Violated Privacy Laws: British Report
A scathing British parliamentary report on Monday branded Facebook "digital gangsters" that knowingly violated data privacy and competition laws.
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Bose Headphones Spy On Listeners: Lawsuit
Bose Corp spies on its wireless headphone customers by using an app that tracks the music, podcasts and other audio they listen to, and violates their privacy rights by selling the information without permission, a lawsuit charged.
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Uber France Bosses to Face Trial For 'Illegal' Practices
Uber France and two of its bosses will go on trial in September over the company's allegedly "illegal" ride-booking practices, prosecutors said today, after violent protests by taxi drivers against the app.
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SKoreans sue Apple over iPhone user information
A group of nearly 27,000 South Koreans is suing Apple for $26 million for what they claim are privacy violations from the collection of iPhone user location information.
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SKoreans sue Apple over iPhone user information
A group of nearly 27,000 South Koreans is suing Apple for $26 million for what they claim are privacy violations from the collection of iPhone user location information.
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Built on Borrowed Data: The Hidden Human Cost of Your Favorite AI Tools
A new Amnesty International report reveals how mass data scraping and skyrocketing environmental costs are baked into the design of generative AI.
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Pinterest Fires Two Engineers For Developing Employee Layoff Monitoring Tool
Pinterest has fired two engineers for creating a tool that monitored employee layoffs by accessing internal Slack data, violating company policies and privacy.
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Dutch Groups Sue Google Over Alleged Privacy Violations In Data Collection
The Dutch Consumers' Association Consumentenbond together with the Privacy Protection Foundation issued legal proceedings against Google on Tuesday for alleged large-scale privacy violations, they said in a statement.
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US FTC Says Amazon Ring Violated Customer Privacy, Announces $5.8-Million Settlement
US Federal Trade Commission said in a court filing on Wednesday that Amazon's Ring doorbell camera unit spied for months on female customers in 2017 with cameras placed in bedrooms and bathrooms and announced a $5.8 million (roughly Rs. 47 crore) settlement with the company over privacy violations.
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Google, Meta Fined Over $71 Million In South Korea Over Privacy Violations
South Korea has fined Google and Meta more than $71 million collectively for gathering users' personal information without consent for tailored ads, regulators said Wednesday, the country's highest-ever data protection fines.
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Facebook Slapped With Record $5 Billion Fine By US Over Privacy Violations
Facebook Inc will pay a record-breaking $5 billion fine to resolve a government probe into its privacy practices and the social media giant will restructure its approach to privacy, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday.
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Facebook "Digital Gangsters", Violated Privacy Laws: British Report
A scathing British parliamentary report on Monday branded Facebook "digital gangsters" that knowingly violated data privacy and competition laws.
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Bose Headphones Spy On Listeners: Lawsuit
Bose Corp spies on its wireless headphone customers by using an app that tracks the music, podcasts and other audio they listen to, and violates their privacy rights by selling the information without permission, a lawsuit charged.
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Uber France Bosses to Face Trial For 'Illegal' Practices
Uber France and two of its bosses will go on trial in September over the company's allegedly "illegal" ride-booking practices, prosecutors said today, after violent protests by taxi drivers against the app.
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SKoreans sue Apple over iPhone user information
A group of nearly 27,000 South Koreans is suing Apple for $26 million for what they claim are privacy violations from the collection of iPhone user location information.
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SKoreans sue Apple over iPhone user information
A group of nearly 27,000 South Koreans is suing Apple for $26 million for what they claim are privacy violations from the collection of iPhone user location information.
