Data Privacy

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  Worldcoin Ordered to Delete All Iris Scanning Data From Users in Spain, Germany 

  Spanish data protection watchdog AEPD and the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision (BayLDA) have ordered Sam Altman-led World (formerly Worldcoin) to erase all the iris scanning data it has collected so far.

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  Meta Fined $253 Million Over Facebook Hacks By Ireland

  An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Tuesday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw Facebook accounts hacked.

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  Made In China AI Is Getting More Persuasive

  When it comes to a new crop of generative artificial intelligence technology, the power of "persuasion" has been identified as a potentially catastrophic risk right alongside fears that models could gain autonomy or help build a nuclear weapon

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  Apple Accused of Silencing Workers, Spying on Personal Devices

  Apple faces new accusations in a lawsuit filed by an employee over unlawful surveillance of employees' personal devices and iCloud accounts, The employee has alleged the firm requires staff to install software on personal devices used for work that provides access to their personal data, and prohibits them from discussing wages and work conditions.

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  Microsoft Denies Using Word and Excel User Data For Training AI

  The controversy erupted as social media users speculated the possibility based on the "opt-out" feature inside Microsoft 365 Suite

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  Australia Prime Minister Albanese Plays Down Privacy Fears Of Social Media Ban For Children

  Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday social media firms would be required to destroy personal data used to verify ages of users, as part of what the government says is a world-leading ban on under-16s using the services.

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  Data Collected From Pokemon Go Players To Build ChatGPT-esque "Spatial Intelligence"

  Niantic, the company behind Pokemon Go revealed that they were building a "Large Geospatial Model (LGM)" using data collected in the game over the last eight years.

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  CCI Imposes Rs 213 Crore Penalty on Meta; Firm Plans to Appeal Decision

  The Competition Commission of India imposed a Rs 213-crore penalty on Meta regarding its WhatsApp privacy policy on Monday, and the company expressed disagreement with the decision and said that it intends to appeal. The CCI directed WhatsApp on Monday to desist from sharing user data with Meta-owned applications for advertising purposes for a peri...

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  Google Shielded Email Feature Reportedly in Development; Could Help Users Hide Email Addresses

  Google is reportedly working on Shielded Email, a new feature that could protect user privacy while using apps that ask for their email address. The new Shielded Email feature could allow users to share email address 'aliases' when signing up for apps or newsletters and might work similarly to Apple's Hide My Email service that is available to iClo...

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  Pinterest Secretly Tracks Users, European Probe On Privacy Reveals

  Privacy campaigners filed a complaint this week against lifestyle website Pinterest, accusing it of secretly gathering personal data to use for targeted advertising.

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  Apple Must Face Narrowed Privacy Lawsuit Over Its Apps

  Apple must face a narrowed privacy lawsuit after a US judge has dismissed most claims based on Apple's "Allow Apps to Request to Track" setting on the company's iPhones, while allowing claims that the company of violating the privacy of iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch users by collecting their personal data through proprietary apps such as the App Sto...

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  Mozilla Hit With Privacy Complaint Over Firefox User Tracking

  Mozilla's Firefox browser has been accused of tracking user behaviour on websites without consent. Vienna-based advocacy group NOYB has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority.

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  Commuters Risk Data Breaches With Careless Work Habits On Public Transport

  A recent survey by Kaspersky highlights the careless work habits of UK commuters using public transport, revealing that many engage in risky activities like writing important emails and discussing confidential information aloud.

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  LinkedIn Reportedly Trained Generative AI Models on User Data Without Permission Before Updating Policy

  LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, was reportedly scraping user data on the platform without informing the users first. The company has now updated its terms of service to reflect this, however, it continues to automatically opt-in users unless they manually find and toggle off the setting to opt-out. Several netizens took to s...

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  Top EU Privacy Regulator Opens Probe Into Google's AI Compliance

  The EU is probing if Google adequately protected the personal data of European Union users before using it to help develop its foundational AI Model.