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Swipe right - but watch your data: Dating app hit with AI privacy complaint

AI tools have come under scrutiny in recent months from data protection authorities across Europe.

WhatsApp ads are here – but can you trust that your messages will stay private?

WhatsApp ads are here – but can you trust that your messages will stay private?

Meta is introducing WhatsApp ads on a rolling basis. Privacy experts raise the alarm, despite WhatsApp's assurance that end-to-end encryption remains.

"Meta AI non-compliant with GDPR" – Digital rights group menaces Meta with injunction over EU AI training

"Meta AI non-compliant with GDPR" – Digital rights group menaces Meta with injunction over EU AI training

noyb has sent a cease and desist letter asking to halt Meta AI training scheduled to kick off on May 27 as an opt-out option. Here's all you need to know.

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NOYB Threatens Meta With Lawsuit if it Collects Personal Data of Europeans for AI Training Without Consent

Austria's NOYB digital advocacy group has warned Meta that it could pursue a lawsuit against the company if it proceeds to use the personal Facebook and Instagram data of European users to train AI models.

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German consumer protection group calls on Meta to halt its AI training in the EU – will other countries follow suit?

Public posts and user interactions are set to feed Meta AI training from May 27. Yet, privacy advocates are questioning its legality.

Meta's new 'optional' AI chatbot in apps like Whatsapp is proving controversial. Here's why

Some users are irritated at the bright blue and pinkish circle now omnipresent in Meta's applications, primarily because of data protection issues.

Ubisoft Game Faces £79m Fine as Privacy Experts Uncover Hidden Data Harvesting

Privacy experts slam Ubisoft for harvesting player data without consent in Assassin's Creed Shadows. A $104 million fine looms—will gamers finally get justice?

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EU plans to reform data protection rules are tangled mess, privacy advocates warn

EU plans to reform data protection rules are tangled mess, privacy advocates warn

Efforts by EU institutions to fix the enforcement gaps in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) risk doing more harm than good, according to privacy advocacy group noyb.

OpenAI faces European privacy complaint after ChatGPT allegedly hallucinated man murdered his sons

OpenAI faces European privacy complaint after ChatGPT allegedly hallucinated man murdered his sons

The complaint has been filed to the Norwegian Data Protection Authority, alleging that OpenAI violates Europe’s GDPR rules.

ChatGPT faces legal complaint after a user inputted their own name and found it accused them of made-up crimes

ChatGPT faces legal complaint after a user inputted their own name and found it accused them of made-up crimes

When AI ‘hallucinations’ are far from harmless.

TikTok among six tech firms under fire for sending Europeans' personal data to China

TikTok among six tech firms under fire for sending Europeans' personal data to China

Temu, Xiaomi, AliExpress, Shein, WeChat, and TikTok are in breach of EU laws, say experts. Here's what we know so far.

Chinese Apps Including TikTok Hit By Privacy Complaints In Europe

Chinese Apps Including TikTok Hit By Privacy Complaints In Europe

Prominent Austria-based privacy campaign group NOYB (None of Your Business) said it has lodged six complaints against TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat and Xiaomi -- in its first such action against Chinese companies.

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Targeting citizens based on their political views is illegal, said EU data watchdog

Targeting citizens based on their political views is illegal, said EU data watchdog

The EU Commission was found to illegally target citizens with ads using sensitive personal data based on their political views, the European Data Protection Supervisor's decision can reveal.

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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Mozilla stands by its controversial privacy feature, but ready to "clear up" confusion

Noyb filed a privacy complaint in the EU against Mozilla for tracking users in Firefox without consent. Here's all you need to know.

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Meta to push on with plan to use UK Facebook and Instagram posts to train AI

Move to use shared posts follows information commissioner concerns and sets collision course with EU over privacy

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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.

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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.

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Meta keeps facing privacy backlash - what does this regulatory awakening tell us?

The Big Tech giant has been hit by a wave of privacy complaints and fines in the last few months. Is the surveillance capitalism model finally shaking?

Microsoft ad-tech subsidiary is breaking EU law—and not doing right by advertisers, privacy activists claim

Microsoft's Xandr holds loads of inaccurate and conflicting data about people, casting the accuracy of its ad targeting into doubt, claims nonprofit Noyb.

AI's regulatory troubles pile up as U.S. prepares antitrust probes and activists target Meta over privacy

The Justice Department will reportedly tackle Nvidia, with the Federal Trade Commission taking on OpenAI and Microsoft.

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Microsoft accused of secretly tracking children and using the browser data of minors for advertising

Microsoft has been accused of secretly tracking children who use Microsoft 365 and using browser data for advertising. Allegedly, the tech giant also failed to provide access to data required by schools to meet GDPR rules.

EU urged to stop Meta offering an ad-free subscription service in the EU

While nothing new amongst online news and smaller social networks, the largest social media company in the world offering something like this sets a worrying, normalising precedent for a ‘consent or pay’ model when it comes to data privacy.

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EU Watchdog Urged To Reject Meta 'Pay For Privacy' Scheme

Civil rights groups on Friday called on an EU watchdog to rule against Facebook owner Meta's scheme to let Europeans pay to opt out of data tracking, which they say violates EU law.

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Is Meta’s ad-free service just another way to make people pay for privacy?

The owner of Instagram and Facebook thought an ad-free subscription service would satisfy European data cops – some advocacy groups aren’t so sure

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