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Grok AI is under investigation in the EU over potential GDPR violations – here's what you need to know

X's AI platform under scrutiny for data use

X's AI platform under scrutiny for data use

The Irish privacy watchdog questioned the use of personal data by Grok last year.

Data watchdog to investigate X’s Grok AI tool

Data watchdog to investigate X’s Grok AI tool

The inquiry will examine the processing of personal data in publicly accessible posts on X by EU users.

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TikTok faces €500 million fine for illegally shipping European user data to China - report

The fine could be one of the largest handed down by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, TikTok’s main European regulator.

Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms

The latest actions of Musk and Zuckerberg are a sign of things to come, but the EU already has the power to give people back control, says Johnny Ryan, director of Enforce, a unit of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties

The Guardian - UK

Meta hit with $263m fine over 2018 Facebook data breach

Meta sanctioned for the handling of a bug which allowed unauthorized access to Facebook profiles.

Ireland Fines Meta 251 Mn Euros Over Facebook Hacks

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

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Department defends advice on bungled Commonwealth Games

Department defends advice on bungled Commonwealth Games

A government agency has defended its advice to the Victorian government in the lead-up to the abandoned Commonwealth Games, despite a damning report.

Ireland Fines LinkedIn 310 Mn Euros Over EU Data Breach

Ireland Fines LinkedIn 310 Mn Euros Over EU Data Breach

An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Thursday it had fined professional networking platform LinkedIn 310 million euros ($335 million) over breaching users' personal data for targeted advertising.

International Business Times

LinkedIn fined 310 million euros by Data Protection Commission

LinkedIn fined 310 million euros by Data Protection Commission

The inquiry was launched by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, in its role as the lead supervisory authority for LinkedIn.

The Independent UK

"Processing of personal data without an appropriate legal basis is a clear and serious violation," says EU as it fines LinkedIn $334 million for violating GDPR

"Processing of personal data without an appropriate legal basis is a clear and serious violation," says EU as it fines LinkedIn $334 million for violating GDPR

LinkedIn has received a massive fine and faces a reprimand for how it processed user data.

Windows Central

Bureaucracy: Uttarakhand DGP IPS Abhinav Kumar challenges UPSC decision

Abhinav Kumar, a senior IPS officer and the Director General of Police (DGP) in Uttarakhand, has raised concerns over his exclusion from a panel submitted to UPSC. Read further on Dynamite News:

Ryanair could be grounded in Ireland for demanding extra data of third party customers

Ryanair could be grounded in Ireland for demanding extra data of third party customers

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission is looking into reports Ryanair demands additional data from those who don’t book through its website.

Irish Regulator To Probe Ryanair Use Of Facial Recognition

Irish Regulator To Probe Ryanair Use Of Facial Recognition

Ireland's data watchdog said Friday it will probe whether budget airline Ryanair's use of facial recognition to check the identity of customers booking through third-party websites violates EU privacy laws.

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Meta hit with major fine over password storage

Meta didn't encrypt social media passwords, and has been hit by a major fine as a result.

International Business Times

Facebook Owner Meta Fined $100M Over Password Security Lapse

An Irish regulatory agency said the tech company failed to properly protect users' passwords.

Europe tackles Google's AI after crackdowns on Meta and X

Google may be in trouble over the rollout of its PaLM 2 large language model last year.

International Business Times

Ireland Launches EU Privacy Probe Into Google AI Development

An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy on Thursday launched an investigation into Google's artificial intelligence development.

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Ireland launches privacy inquiry into Google AI data use in EU

Ireland's Data Protection Commission is launching an inquiry into Google's Pathways Language Model 2, after the regulator took wins against Meta and X.

International Business Times

X Vows To End Harvesting Of EU Users' Personal Data To Train Its AI

Social network X has committed to stop its much-criticised harvesting of European users' personal data to train its artificial intelligence program, Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) said Wednesday.

Windows Central

Elon Musk’s X could lose 4% of its global annual turnover for "quietly" training Grok using data from 60 million users in the EU without consent

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) could fine X up to 4% of its global annual turnover if the platform can't establish a legal basis for using users' data to train its chatbot without their consent.

International Business Times

X Halts Using Personal Data Of Europeans To Train AI

Social platform X said Friday it would work European regulators after agreeing to suspended its heavily criticised use of European users' personal data to train its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok.

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk’s X under pressure from regulators over data harvesting for Grok AI

Social media platform uses pre-ticked boxes of consent, a practice that violates UK and EU GDPR rules

The Guardian - AU

Victoria’s scrapped 2026 Commonwealth Games cost $589m in ‘significant waste of taxpayer money’, auditor general says

Report criticises government agencies for not working together and says the estimated $6.9bn cost of the event was ‘overstated’

Labour union demands shifting of paddy bags from DPCs in Kumbakonam and Thiruvidaimaruthur to Thanjavur

The TNCSC Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh has drawn the attention of the Thanjavur district administration to the non-transfer of paddy bags from the direct procurement centres (DPC) in Kumbakonam and Thiruvidaimaruthur taluks to Thanjavur

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