[This CIPA is the California Invasion of Privacy Act, not the Children’s Internet Protection Act] Puja J. Amin of Troutman Amin, LLP writes: CNN is now facing a massive CIPA class action for violating CIPA Section 638.51 by allegedly installing “Trackers” on its website. In Lesh v. Cable News Network, Inc, filed in the Superior Court…
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Italian DPA Says OpenAI in Breach of GDPR
Elizabeth Greenberg reports: The new ruling could challenge the very foundation of how large language models are able to function and process data. The Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has claimed that OpenAI is in breach of GDPR, the EU’s data protection laws, in a new announcement. This follows the initial ban the Italian authority placed on the…
British lawmakers question legality of live facial recognition technology
Alexander Martin reports: Members of the House of Lords have written to the United Kingdom’s home secretary warning that the use of live facial recognition technology by police lacks a legal basis, and calling for legislation on the matter to be voted on by Parliament. Live facial recognition (LFR) software, which works by comparing the…
Facebook suffers big loss in lawsuit against data-scraping company
Jon Brodkin reports: One year after Meta sued a data-scraping company, a federal judge this week threw out Meta’s breach-of-contract claim because the defendant obtained only public data from Facebook and Instagram. Meta sued Bright Data in January 2023, making claims of breach of contract and tortious interference with contract. Bright Data is an Israeli company that collects data…