• Sep 29, 2023
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy,

Poland Opens GDPR Investigation into ChatGPT and OpenAI amid Mounting Privacy Concerns

Poland’s Personal Data Protection Office is investigating a GDPR complaint against ChatGPT and the company behind it, OpenAI. According to the Polish data protection agency: the complainant turned to the Polish supervisory authority after his requests relating to the exercise of his rights under GDPR were not completed by OpenAI. As it turns out, ChatGPT … Continue reading “Poland Opens GDPR Investigation into ChatGPT and OpenAI amid Mounting Privacy Concerns”

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  • Apr 4, 2022
  • Glyn Moody
  • Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Clearview AI Fined in Italy, Starts Scanning Dead Russian Soldiers in Ukraine

Ever since the facial recognition company Clearview AI appeared from nowhere two years ago, it has remained at the leading edge of its field, not least in terms of ethics. As a recent PIA blog post reported, the company claims to be building a database holding 100 billion facial images, so that “almost everyone in … Continue reading “Clearview AI Fined in Italy, Starts Scanning Dead Russian Soldiers in Ukraine”

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  • Feb 4, 2022
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Google’s Surveillance Advertising Model under Attack on Both Sides of the Atlantic for Its Deep Privacy Problems

PIA blog has just written about a major problem for Google: a decision by the Austrian Data Protection Authority that the continuing use of Google Analytics violates the EU’s GDPR legislation. The post noted that the Dutch Data Protection Authority is also investigating the use of Google Analytics; now it seems that France may follow … Continue reading “Google’s Surveillance Advertising Model under Attack on Both Sides of the Atlantic for Its Deep Privacy Problems”

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  • Aug 12, 2021
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

The Tiny Nation of Luxembourg Slaps Amazon with the Biggest GDPR Fine Yet: Nearly $900 Million

As Privacy News Online has noted, one name that crops up frequently in the context of the EU’s General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) is the privacy expert and activist Max Schrems. But he is by no means the only player in this sphere. The French digital rights group La Quadrature du Net (LQDN) has also … Continue reading “The Tiny Nation of Luxembourg Slaps Amazon with the Biggest GDPR Fine Yet: Nearly $900 Million”

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  • Jul 6, 2021
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Multiple European Attempts to Strengthen Online Privacy Are Likely to Have Global Impact

Often it can seem that the battle to protect online privacy is hopeless, as companies gather ever-more data about us as we move around the internet. But in the background, the fightback is underway. It’s happening on multiple fronts, and it’s happening slowly, but it is definitely happening. For example, back in 2017, Privacy News … Continue reading “Multiple European Attempts to Strengthen Online Privacy Are Likely to Have Global Impact”

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  • Jun 8, 2021
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media,

Antitrust investigations on both sides of the Atlantic emerge as an important new way of protecting privacy

A few weeks ago, Privacy News Online wrote about the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information taking action against Facebook, in a move that signalled growing unhappiness with how the GDPR is being enforced. Two years ago, there was another move in Germany against Facebook, by Germany’s competition authority, the Bundeskartellamt, that … Continue reading “Antitrust investigations on both sides of the Atlantic emerge as an important new way of protecting privacy”

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  • Mar 16, 2021
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

EU nations’ attempt to water down privacy protections could increase tension with US over personal data flows across the Atlantic

Last month, this blog noted that the EU’s important ePrivacy Regulation has now entered the final stretch of its legislative passage. An article on the Lawfare blog has spotted an interesting section in proposals from the Council of the EU, one of the three bodies that jointly agree new EU legislation. Although short – just … Continue reading “EU nations’ attempt to water down privacy protections could increase tension with US over personal data flows across the Atlantic”

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