Bleeping Computer reports: The Danish data protection authority (Datatilsynet) has issued a decision and injunction regarding student data being funneled to Google through the use of Chromebooks and Google Workspace services in the country’s schools. The matter was brought to the agency’s attention roughly four years ago by a concerned parent and activist, Jesper Graugaard,…
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Dutch regulator fines Uber €10 mil. for violating privacy rules around drivers’ data
NL Times reports: Uber received a privacy fine of 10 million euros because the technology company is too unclear about how it handles the personal data of European drivers. According to the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP), which imposed the fine, Uber did not provide sufficient transparency about how long the company kept this type…
Trump data protection case thrown out by UK court
RTÉ reports: Donald Trump’s data protection case against a British private investigations firm over a dossier which alleged ties between Mr Trump’s campaign and Russia has been thrown out by London’s High Court. Mr Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, had sued Orbis Business Intelligence about claims in a dossier written by…
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…