France’s data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, entered a partnership with Inria, France’s National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology, to conduct joint work on data protection, privacy, the evaluation of algorithms and…
Wired reports on the release of OpenAI’s new video app, Sora, which allows people to create deepfakes of themselves and others and share content on a newsfeed. OpenAI said it has put safety guardrails on the app to prevent likenesses…
The Guernsey Office of the Data Protection Authority fined a car garage company 65,000 GBP for allegedly spamming customers who asked to be taken off its mailing list, the BBC reports. The authority’s investigation found hundreds of people who asked…
The Netherlands’ data protection authority, the Autoriteitpersoonsgegevens, sent a notice to all Dutch political parties to remind them that a new regulation that outlaws online targeted political advertising without explicit consent goes into effect 10 Oct. The law requires parties…
Meta will use data collected from its AI chatbot to send users targeted advertisements in its efforts to provide a “personalized” experience on its social platforms, The Wall Street Journal reports. Users will not have the ability to opt-out of…
Norway’s Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Administration presented a draft law to the national data protection authority, Datatilsynet, that inserts the requirements established in the EU AI Act into Norwegian law. Datatilsynet said it supports the proposal to establish several…
Reuters reports a Netherlands court is requiring Meta to provide Facebook and Instagram users with a way to opt out of a timeline view that uses profiling and to keep it that way when an app is closed. The practice…
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission announced a second round of fines issued to TikTok totaling 530 million euros for alleged violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Per the DPC’s decision, TikTok was allegedly found to have transferred personal data…
The U.K. Home Office issued a new order to Apple requesting backdoor access into U.K. Apple users’ cloud data, the Financial Times reports. The U.K. previously issued a similar order but received pushback after Apple said it “never built a…
Denmark’s data protection authority, Datatilsynet, published a blog post reflecting on a study conducted by France’s data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, that explored the strategic benefits of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The…