Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: The European Data Protection Board recently issued an opinion on AI models, shedding light on what the consequences could be for the unlawful processing of personal data in the development phase of an AI model on the subsequent processing or operation of the AI model. Possible remedies: Up to…
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Netflix fined 4.75 million euros for not properly informing customers
From the Dutch Data Protection Authority: Netflix did not give customers sufficient information about what the company does with their personal data between 2018 and 2020. And the information that Netflix did give was unclear on some points. For this reason, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) is imposing a fine of 4.75 million…
French internet operator fined $53 million for unsolicited ads and tracking users without consent
Suzanne Smalley reports: France’s data privacy regulator (CNIL) has fined the country’s biggest internet provider €50 million ($53 million) for sending customers ads they didn’t ask for and for continuing to use tracking code to monitor users’ activities even after they withdrew consent for the practice. The telecom giant Orange S.A. offers an electronic messaging…
Kenya on verge of data protection revamp
The East African country is set to introduce fresh audit rules that will put data controllers further under the microscope. Dippy Singh reports: Kenya has unveiled its new data protection draft rules that will impose stricter regulations on data controllers in a bid to bolster the privacy of its citizens. The Office of the Data…