September 12, 2024 at 08:24AM Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has initiated a cross-border inquiry into Google’s AI model to ensure compliance with EU regulations. The focus is on Google’s Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and its processing of personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This reflects broader efforts by EU and … Read more
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
April 18, 2024 at 08:27AM The EU’s Data Protection Board advises against large online platforms offering a choice between paying for a service and consenting to personal data use for targeted advertising. This arises from complaints and requests by various data protection authorities. The EDPB opinion questions the validity of the “pay or okay” model … Read more
January 24, 2024 at 02:32AM A password-less database with 1.3 million Dutch COVID-19 testing records was exposed online, including personal data like names, birth dates, and passport numbers. The database belonged to CoronaLab, a recommended commercial COVID-19 test provider in the Netherlands. Despite attempts to notify them, no response was received, and it took three … Read more
January 22, 2024 at 06:12AM France’s data protection authority fined Yahoo 10 million euros for disregarding users’ rejection of internet-tracking cookies and implying loss of access to email accounts if they refused. Investigations revealed visitors who rejected cookies still had digital trackers deposited and Yahoo Mail users were warned about losing access to services if … Read more