Kashmir Hill reports: Concerns about children’s privacy have led PimEyes, the public face search engine, to ban searches of minors. The PimEyes chief executive, Giorgi Gobronidze, who is based in Tbilisi, Georgia, said that technical measures had been put in place to block such searches as part of a “no harm policy.” PimEyes, a subscription-based…
UK Court Blocks UK ICO Fine and Enforcement Against Clearview AI
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On October 17, 2023, The First-tier Tribunal of the UK General Regulatory Chamber allowed an appeal by Clearview AI Inc. (“Clearview”) against an enforcement notice and fine issued by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”). On May 18, 2022, the ICO issued an enforcement notice requiring that Clearview delete the personal data of…
Hacker leaks millions of new 23andMe genetic data profiles
Lawrence Abrams reports: A hacker has leaked an additional 4.1 million stolen 23andMe genetic data profiles for people in Great Britain and Germany on a hacking forum. Earlier this month, a threat actor leaked the stolen data of 1 million Ashkenazi Jews who used 23andMe services to find their ancestry info and genetic predispositions. 23andMe told BleepingComputer…
Delete-your-data laws have a perennial problem: Data brokers who fail to register
Suzanne Smalley reports: Laws requiring data brokers to register are catching on at the state government level, but so far they have not been adequately enforced, allowing large numbers of brokers to operate under the radar even in states maintaining registries, privacy experts say. Four states have now passed laws requiring registration, and in the…