Mike Corder of AP reports: The Dutch data protection watchdog on Tuesday issued facial recognition startup Clearview AI with a fine of 30.5 million euros ($33.7 million) over its creation of what the agency called an “illegal database” of billion of photos of faces. The Netherlands’ Data Protection Agency, or DPA, also warned Dutch companies that using…
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Turning Food Delivery Workers into Spies
PPSA writes: Imagine this scenario: It’s early evening, and you and your special someone are on the couch preparing to binge-watch your favorite streaming show. Ding-dong. You answer the door and, as you hoped, it is the dinner delivery person. He hands you your prepaid, pre-tipped meal and you start to shut the door when…
Uber Hit by Record $324 Million Fine for Data Transfers to US
Sarah Jacob of Bloomberg reports: Uber Technologies Inc. was hit by a record €290 million ($324 million) by the Dutch privacy watchdog for failing to abide by European protection standards when it shipped swathes of sensitive data about its drivers to the US. The Dutch Data Protection Authority said Uber was collecting information of drivers…
X to suspend use of EU users’ data for training AI chatbot
It was just days ago that PogoWasRight noted news that Ireland’s Data Protection Commission had launched High Court proceedings against X because of how it uses the personal data of European users to train its artificial intelligence system, “Grok.” There is already a new development in the case. Irish Legal News reports that the matter…