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The EU’s data protection agencies on Monday called for an outright ban on using artificial intelligence to identify people in public places, pointing to the “extremely high” risks to privacy.
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Continue reading EU Data Watchdogs Want Ban on AI Facial Recognition
Facebook is subject to EU privacy challenges from watchdogs in any of the bloc’s member states, not just its lead regulator in Ireland, the bloc’s top court ruled Tuesday, in a ruling that has implications for other big tech companies.
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A French court ruled Tuesday that Ikea had set up an elaborate system to illegally spy on hundreds of employees and job applicants over several years, using private detectives as well as police sources.
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Continue reading Ikea France Found Guilty in Employee Spying Scandal
Google is offering U.K. regulators a role overseeing its phasing out of ad-tracking technology from its Chrome browser, in a package of commitments the tech giant is proposing to apply globally to head off a competition investigation.
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Continue reading Google Offers UK Watchdog Role in Browser Cookie Phase-Out
Seeking to protect its image as a guardian of personal privacy, Apple maintains it was blindsided and handcuffed by a Trump administration probe that resulted in the company handing over phone data from two Democratic congressmen.
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Continue reading Apple Reaffirms Privacy Stance Amid Trump Probe Revelations
Federal police broke Canada’s privacy laws by using a US company’s controversial facial recognition software in hundreds of searches, an independent parliamentary watchdog ruled Thursday.
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Continue reading Canada Privacy Watchdog Slams Police Use of Facial Recognition Tool
A group of online privacy activists said Monday it is taking action against hundreds of websites over their use of pop-up banners asking users to consent to “cookies”, the files that track users’ activity.
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Continue reading Activists Launch Action Against ‘Cookie Banner Terror’
U.S. pipeline operators will be required for the first time to conduct a cybersecurity assessment under a Biden administration directive in response to the ransomware hack that disrupted gas supplies in several states this month.
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Continue reading US Pipelines Ordered to Increase Cyber Defenses After Hack
Privacy organisations on Thursday complained to regulators in five European countries over the practices of Clearview AI, a company that has built a powerful facial recognition database using images “scraped” from the web.
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Continue reading EU Privacy Groups Set Sights on Facial Recognition Firm