Privacy group complains to UK regulator about Meta scraping user data to train AI

July 16, 2024 at 07:30AM The UK data rights campaign group, Open Rights Group (ORG), has filed a complaint with the data law regulator against Meta’s privacy policy change allowing user data scraping for AI models. The complaint, mirroring a similar EU protest, asserts privacy violations and urges the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to thoroughly … Read more

UK biometrics boss bows out, bemoaning bureaucratic blunders

January 30, 2024 at 04:34AM The farewell report by the UK’s biometrics and surveillance commissioner, Dr. Fraser Sampson, criticizes the Home Office’s management of technology. He expressed frustration over lack of support and the impending abolition of the commissioner’s role. Concerns were raised about the future oversight and governance of biometrics and surveillance technology, including … Read more