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Clearview AI fined €30 million for illegal facial scraping
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has fined Clearview AI over €30 million for illegally scraping facial images…
Google leak reveals thousands of privacy Incidents
Google has accidentally collected children’s voice data, leaked the trips and home addresses of carpool users, and made…
The alarming truth behind insecure video doorbells
A recent investigation by Consumer Reports revealed serious security flaws in certain video doorbells, allowing unauthorized access to…
Patternz: Commercial Surveillance Tool Tracking Billions Via Advertisements
The commercial surveillance tool named Patternz, offered by ISA, utilizes advertisements across numerous apps to track billions of…
Insider Job Exposed: Tesla Data Breach Hits 75,000 Employees
Tesla, owned by Elon Musk, confirms that a data breach impacting over 75,000 employees was the result of…
Spotity facing €5 million Fine over not fulfulling Dsars
Spotify is facing a fine of approximately €5 million ($5.4M) in Sweden for breaching data access rights of…
Does security Ring a bell?
Amazon’s surveillance doorbell company Ring has reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission which will require…
EU AI Act to address the potentially harmful effects of artificial intelligence
The European Parliament has passed a draft law known as the A.I. Act, which aims to regulate artificial…
650,000 Ways Advertisers Label You
The Markup analyzed a database of 650,000 audience segments used by advertisers to target consumers based on specific…
Bank fined 300,000 euros for automatic rejection credit card application
A Berlin-based bank has been fined 300,000 euros by the Berlin data protection commissioner. The fine was imposed…