Alaina Lancaster reports: A proposed class action lawsuit against Open AI and ChatGPT investor Microsoft Corp. is seeking a court order requiring the generative artificial-intelligence platform to stop its alleged secret “harvesting” of personal data, and to immediately put in place safeguards to protect society from “potentially catastrophic risk.” The 151-page complaint, surfaced by Law.com Radar…
Madison Square Garden Sued Over Facial ID Technology at Venues
Christopher Brown reports: Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. violated New York City’s biometric privacy ordinance and a state privacy law through a facial recognition system it used to provide security at its entertainment venues, a new proposed federal class action alleged. M. Ross Arnel alleged that MSG profited from its collection of biometric information from visitors…
French Govt. Wants to Inject Domain Blocking Lists Directly Into Web Browsers
From TorrentFreak: A coordinated effort to associate online piracy with malware, identity theft and banking fraud, is well underway. As a result, legislation beyond copyright infringement is likely to play a key role in tackling piracy moving forward. The French government’s current plan for tackling online harms envisions state-operated domain blocking lists being injected directly…
L’Oréal Accused of Violating Privacy With Makeup ‘Try-On’ Tech
Jorja Siemons reports: L’Oréal USA Inc. has been hit with a lawsuit by an Illinois customer who said the company’s online “try-on” feature for makeup unlawfully collected and stored her biometric information. Many if not all of the companies in L’Oréal’s family of brands offer the technology, which enables customers to virtually try on products by…