On May 25, Reuters reported that Canadian privacy regulators are launching a joint investigation into whether OpenAI has obtained consent for the collection, use and disclosure of personal information of residents via ChatGPT. While that is certainly a question worth investigating, there are other questions concerning AI that also warrant investigation in terms of research…
Category: Non-U.S.
Unprecedented: First data trading involving personal data in China
Sherry Gong, Tommy Liu, Tong Zhu, and Flora Feng of Hogan Lovells write: On April 25, 2023, the state-backed Guiyang Big Data Exchange (GYDE) announced that it has facilitated and supervised the unprecedented floor trading of personal data in China. To date, no provisions have been put in place to specifically address the compliance requirements…
Britain to Crack Down on Unauthorised AI Data Collection
Michael Edgar reports: In the aftermath of Rishi Sunak’s sit down with leaders from Open-AI, DeepMind, and Google, Britain announces new measures to crack down on unauthorised gathering of personal data from Artificial Intelligence (AI) companies. Companies utilising generative AI technology have been informed by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) that they remain bound by data protection…
Dutch consumers group plans privacy case against Google
Dutch News reports: Dutch consumers lobby group Consumentenbond said on Tuesday it is preparing a mass claim against Google for infringing the privacy of users. The watchdog claims that the American tech company is collecting a large amount of sensitive information about users, much of which consumers are unaware of. If the company does not stop doing…