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The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) plans to launch a dedicated task force to investigate ChatGPT after a number of European privacy watchdogs raised concerns about whether the technology is compliant with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Europe’s national privacy regulators said on Thursday that the decision came following discussions about recent enforcement action undertaken by the Italian data protection authority against OpenAI regarding its ChatGPT service.

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EU privacy regulators to create taskforce to investigate ChatGPT

April 14, 2023 0 Comments Artificial intelligence, Data privacy, regulation

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UK fines TikTok $15.8 million for GDPR violation of children's privacy

April 4, 2023 0 Comments Compliance, Data privacy, regulation

Chinese-owned social media sensation TikTok has been fined almost $16 million for violating provisions of the UK’s General Data Protection Regulation.

ComputerWorld Independent

UK data regulator issues warning over generative AI data protection concerns

April 4, 2023 0 Comments Artificial intelligence, Data privacy, Software Development

The UK's Information Commission’s Office reminds organizations that data protection laws still apply to unfiltered data used to train large language models.

ComputerWorld Independent

Legislation to rein in AI’s use in hiring grows

March 30, 2023 0 Comments Artificial intelligence, careers, chatbots, Data privacy, Emerging Technology, it jobs, Privacy

Organizations are rapidly adopting the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for the discovery, screening, interviewing, and hiring of candidates. It can reduce time and work needed to find job candidates and it can more accurately match applicant skills to a job opening.

But legislators and other lawmakers are concerned that using AI-based tools to discover and vet talent could intrude on job seekers’ privacy and may introduce racial- and gender-based biases already baked into the software.

“We have seen a substantial groundswell over the past two to three years with regard to legislation and regulatory rule-making as it relates to the use of AI in various facets of the workplace,” said Samantha Grant, a partner with the law firm of Reed Smith.

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ACLU, public defenders push back against Google giving police your mobile data

February 2, 2023 0 Comments Data privacy, Emerging Technology, Mobile, Privacy, Security, small and medium business, smartphones, telecommunications industry

The ACLU and eight federal public defenders are asking the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to exclude mobile device location data obtained from Google via a so-called geofence warrant that helped law enforcement catch a bank robbery suspect.

The first geofence civil rights case to reach a federal court of appeals raises serious Fourth Amendment concerns against unreasonable search and seizure related to the location and personal information of mobile device users.

Geofence warrants have primarily been issued for Google to hand over data about every cell phone or other mobile device within a specific geographical region and timeframe. The problem: location data on every person carrying a mobile device in that area is scooped up in a wide net and their data is then handed over en masse to law enforcement.

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Data privacy laws, compliance to take center stage in 2023 and beyond

January 28, 2023 0 Comments Compliance, Data privacy, products & services, solutions

Credit to Author: Doug Aamoth| Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2023 12:00:07 +0000

Make sure your organization stays a step ahead when it comes to meeting regulatory requirements.

ComputerWorld Independent

Apple marks Data Privacy Week with in-store privacy training, more

January 24, 2023 0 Comments Apple, Data privacy, iPhone, Mobile, Privacy, small and medium business

Apple this year is marking Data Privacy Week by working to educate iPhone users about the privacy protection tools they already have in hand, a move that has implications across any business that wants to maintain privacy.

Data protection is the bedrock of business

Data Privacy Week grew out of the Jan. 28, 2007 first convention on data protection. Today, it’s a global event that aims to raise awareness around privacy and data protection.

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The top 12 tech stories of 2022

December 26, 2022 0 Comments Data privacy, regulation, Security, Technology Industry

The technology sector’s vulnerability to the vagaries of geopolitics and the macroeconomy became clearer than ever in 2022, as IT giants laid off workers en masse, regulators cracked down on tech rule-breakers, nations negotiated data privacy, the EU-China chip war widened, and the Ukraine war disrupted business as usual. Through it all the classic tech themes—including innovation and the fight to bolster cybersecurity—continued as ChatGPT was released, Broadcom sought to purchase VMWare, a Mac renaissance began to flower, and teen hackers brought major companies to their knees. Here are our editors’ choices for the dozen stories that rocked the world of tech in 2022.

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