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February 14, 2023

Italian DPA stops AI powered chatbot “Replika”

Italian DPA ordered Replika, an AI-powered chatbot that creates a ‘virtual friend’ using text and video interfaces, to stop processing personal data in Italy.

February 8, 2023

In 2023, Resolve to Fix Your Organization’s Meta Pixel Problem

It’s time to be proactive about user privacy. Find out if you’re sending too much data to Facebook—or if you need to send data at all.

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February 3, 2023

Location data is personal data – agrees Spanish DPA

The Spanish Courts have ruled that telecommunications providers must abide by their customers’ right to access their location data.

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February 1, 2023

AI-Generated Voice Firm Clamps Down After 4chan Makes Celebrity Voices for Abuse

4chan members used ElevenLabs to make deepfake voices of Emma Watson, Joe Rogan, and others saying racist, transphobic, and violent things.

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January 31, 2023

MI5 spies broke law by holding people’s intercepted data for years

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal ruled that UK spies have unlawfully held onto individuals’ intercepted data for five years.

January 29, 2023

Dutch hacker obtained virtually all Austrians’ personal data

The police did not elaborate on the consequences for Austrians’ data security.

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January 26, 2023

Swedish presidency tries to close in on the Data Act

New compromise on the Data Act touching on scope, trade secrets, business-to-government (B2G) data access, international transfers, and compensation, etc.

January 18, 2023

TikTok CEO seeks to reassure on EU rules on privacy, child safety

TikTok CEO on a visit to Brussels sought to reassure theEU the app would respect the bloc’s tech rules and commitments to privacy and child safety.

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January 12, 2023

Facebook and Instagram to restrict advertisers’ access to teenagers’ data

From February advertisers will no longer be able to see young users’ gender or type of posts they have engaged with.

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December 23, 2022

EU court rules Airbnb must provide rental info to tax authorities

Short-term accommodation services company Airbnb must provide information in rental contracts to tax authorities and withhold tax under a national regime.