EU PRIVACY WATCHDOG
EU watchdog says smart glasses must give 'clear warnings' when recording
The European Union's central data regulator on Tuesday said smart glasses should give "clear warnings" when they are recording, after a public outcry in recent months over secretly filmed footage of girls and women. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) warned in its non-binding guidance to users and manufacturers that smart glasses raised "serious privacy concerns" as it seeks to increase awareness about the risks.
Google fined $463 million for breaching EU rule on location data
Google received a 403 million euro fine for privacy rule breaches. The European Union's watchdog found Google mishandled user location data unfairly. This investigation examined Google's practices from 2018 until early 2020. Google stated its policies have since been updated and improved significantly. This marks the fourth largest EU privacy fine issued by the Irish regulator.
Irish privacy regulator fines Google €403 million over location data processing
The lead European Union data privacy regulator for most of the biggest internet companies fined Alphabet's Google search engine €403 following an inquiry into its processing of location data, Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) said on Monday.
Europe eyes battle over 'pervert' AI glasses
Anyone wearing smart glasses can take photos, film videos, listen to music, make phone calls, translate text or interact with an AI assistant, with sales now hitting the millions.
Win for Amazon as Luxembourg court scraps record $854 million privacy fine
The Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) penalised Amazon in 2021 over its online behavioural advertising practices, saying its processing of users' personal data breached EU privacy rules known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
WhatsApp wins court backing to challenge $268 million Irish privacy fine
Meta Platforms' WhatsApp on Tuesday won backing from Europe's top court for its challenge to a fine that was increased to 225 million euros ($268 million) by the EU privacy watchdog, a ruling that could pave the way for similar action by other companies.
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EU court adviser backs WhatsApp in fight against EU privacy watchdog
A lower tribunal rejected WhatsApp's challenge against the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) in 2022, saying it has no legal standing to sue the authority as it was not directly affected by the EDPB's decision, but that it could go to a national court on the Irish fine.
OpenAI to appeal against Italy's privacy watchdog decision
The authority fined on Friday OpenAI 15 million euros ($15.58 million) after closing an investigation into use of personal data by the generative artificial intelligence application.
Italy fines OpenAI 15 million euros over privacy rules breach
Italy's privacy watchdog fined OpenAI 15 million euros for using personal data to train ChatGPT without a legal basis and violating transparency principles. The Garante found OpenAI didn't adequately inform users about data collection for algorithm training. This follows a temporary ban on ChatGPT in Italy last year over similar privacy concerns.
Facebook owner hit with 251 million euros in fines for 2018 data breach
The hack exploited three distinct bugs in Facebook's "View As" feature, which allowed users to see how their profiles appeared to others. The attackers took advantage of these vulnerabilities to steal digital keys known as "access tokens" from the accounts of individuals whose profiles appeared in searches using the "View As" feature.
EU data protection board says ChatGPT still not meeting data accuracy standards
EU task force criticizes OpenAI's efforts to improve accuracy of ChatGPT output in compliance with data rules.
Meta, others should give users free option without targeted ads, EU privacy watchdog says
The U.S. tech giant launched the no-ads subscription service for Facebook and Instagram in Europe last November, saying users who consent to be tracked get a free service which is funded by advertising revenues.
EU Commission's use of Microsoft software breached privacy rules: watchdog
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) ordered the Commission to take measures to comply with privacy rules and to halt data transfer to the US company and subsidiaries located in third countries that do not have privacy deals with the EU, setting a deadline of December 9 for both orders.
EU Commission's use of Microsoft software breached privacy rules, watchdog says
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) ordered the Commission to take measures to comply with privacy rules and to halt data transfer to the U.S. company and subsidiaries located in third countries which do not have privacy deals with the EU, setting a deadline of Dec. 9 for both orders.
EU privacy watchdogs urged to oppose Meta's paid ad-free service
Privacy enforcers should oppose Meta Platforms' no-ads subscription service in Europe, according to a joint letter by 28 organizations. The service requires users to pay a fee for privacy, but users who consent to be tracked get a free service funded by advertising revenues.
Italy watchdog says OpenAI's ChatGPT breaches privacy rules
The Italian watchdog, known as Garante - one of the European Union's most proactive in assessing AI platform compliance with the bloc's data privacy regime - last year briefly banned ChatGPT over the alleged breach of EU privacy rules.
Italy fines first city for privacy breaches in use of AI
Trento was fined 50,000 euros ($54,225) and told to delete all data gathered in two European Union-funded projects. It is the first local administration in Italy to be sanctioned by the GPDP watchdog over the use of data from AI tools.
How some key nations and international governing bodies are regulating AI tools
Facial recognition and biometric surveillance likely to be key issues — some lawmakers want a total ban while EU countries want exception for national security, defence and military purposes.
EU announces new US data transfer pact, but challenge ahead
The EU executive said measures taken by the United States ensured an adequate level of protection for Europeans' personal data transferred across the Atlantic for commercial use.
Governments across the world race to regulate AI tools
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT are complicating governments' efforts to agree laws governing the use of the technology.
Regulatory measures: Governments race to rein in AI tools
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT are complicating governments' efforts to agree laws governing the use of the technology.
Here's how different governments are working to regulate AI tools
Rapid advances in AI such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT are complicating governments' efforts to agree on laws governing the use of the technology.
Germany could block ChatGPT if needed, says data protection chief
Microsoft-backed OpenAI took ChatGPT offline in Italy on Friday after the national data agency banned the chatbot temporarily and launched an investigation into a suspected breach of privacy rules by the artificial intelligence application.
Irish privacy regulator fines Meta more than $400 million
Ireland's data privacy regulator fined Meta 390 million euros ($414 million) on Wednesday for breaches at its Facebook and Instagram services and said both must reassess the legal basis on how they run advertising based on personal data in the European Union.
Irish watchdog fines Instagram 405 million euros in teen data case
Ireland's Data Protection Commission said by email Monday that it made a final decision last week to fine the company 405 million euros ($402 million), though the full details won't be released until next week.
WhatsApp has until July to comply with EU consumer law, EU says
The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and the European Network of consumer authorities said WhatsApp had not explained the changes in plain and intelligible language in breach of EU consumer law.
WhatsApp pushes privacy update to comply with Irish ruling
WhatsApp is taking the action after getting hit with a record 225 million euro ($267 million) fine in September from Ireland's data privacy watchdog for violating stringent European Union data protection rules on transparency about sharing people's data with other Facebook companies.
TikTok's lead EU regulator opens two data privacy probes
Ireland's Data Protection Commission, which is lead EU regulator for many of the world's top internet firms due to the location of their regional headquarters in Ireland, is allowed to impose fines of up to 4% of global revenue.
EU court backs national data watchdog powers in blow to Facebook, Big Tech
The EU Court of Justice (CJEU) ruling could encourage national agencies to act against U.S. tech companies such as Google, Twitter and Apple, which all have their European Union headquarters in Ireland.
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