Privacy & Compliance
There is a lot going on around privacy and compliance, especially in Europe. This in itself is a good thing, because data should be adequately protected, especially if it concerns personal data. In practice, however, it turns out to be quite disappointing how well organizations do this. We read and write a lot about data breaches. Over the years there seem to be more rather than fewer of them. Is that because organizations don’t want to do better or can’t do better? Whatever the reason, a good policy on privacy and compliance is indispensable in the current era. Especially with all kinds of new legislation that has been introduced and is coming, the need to put this high on the agenda is only increasing.
Timeline
Chrome data hunger leads to U.S. lawsuit
Google can still expect a class action lawsuit over its unsolicited data collection through the Chrome browse...
Meta replaces disinformation tracker for lower-quality tool
Meta recently replaced its CrowdTangle tool for tracking disinformation on its Facebook and Instagram platfor...
Several investigations ongoing into acquisition of Ansys by Synopsys
Synopsys' takeover plan for Ansys is being investigated. The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is ...
Complaints filed in European countries against AI training Grok on X-posts
Update, 12/08, 4:39 PM: Privacy organization noyb has filed complaints about Grok's AI training. A total of n...
European Commission seeks input on regulation of ChatGPT and Gemini
The European Union is opening the consultation period to regulate general-purpose models. The goal is to make...
TikTok funnels sensitive data from American users to China
TikTok is in an even worse light in the United States now that it has been revealed that the social media app...
Google holds on to cookies in Chrome after all
Google's plan to stop cookies in the Chrome browser is ultimately going nowhere. The tech giant is accommodat...
Italian watchdog targets Google over data hunger for personalised ads
Italy's competition watchdog wants to take Google to task over how the company collects user permissions for ...
EU seeks advice in investigation into GenAI deal Samsung and Google
The EU has asked competitors and other GenAI industry representatives for input on Samsung and Google's multi...
Why Meta will keep its multimodal AI models out of Europe
Once again, European users are weighed down by AI restrictions. Under the EU AI Act, Meta would refrain from ...