European privacy groups challenge facial scan firm Clearview
3 years, 10 months ago

European privacy groups challenge facial scan firm Clearview

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Privacy campaign groups filed legal complaints Thursday with European regulators against Clearview AI alleging the facial recognition technology it provides to law enforcement agencies and businesses breaches stringent European Union privacy rules. Four privacy campaign groups complained to data protection authorities in France, Austria Greece Italy and the U.K. about Clearview's practices. The complaints say Clearview didn't have any legal basis to collect and process this data under the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, which covers facial image data. “Extracting our unique facial features or even sharing them with the police and other companies goes far beyond what we could ever expect as online users," said Ioannis Kouvakas, London-based Privacy International's legal officer.

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Clearview AI fined $33.7 million by Dutch data protection watchdog over 'illegal database' of faces
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Clearview AI fined $33.7 million by Dutch data protection watchdog over 'illegal database' of faces

The Independent  

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Clearview AI fined $33.7 million by Dutch data protection watchdog over ‘illegal database’ of faces
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Clearview AI fined $33.7 million by Dutch data protection watchdog over ‘illegal database’ of faces

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch data protection watchdog on Tuesday issued facial recognition startup Clearview AI with a fine of 30.5 million euros over its creation of what the agency called an “illegal database” of billion of photos of faces. The Netherlands’ Data Protection Agency, or DPA, also warned Dutch companies that using Clearview’s services is also banned. The …

X hit with Austrian data use complaint over AI training
7 months, 2 weeks ago

X hit with Austrian data use complaint over AI training

The Hindu  

Austrian advocacy group NOYB on Monday filed a complaint against social media platform X accusing the Elon Musk-owned company of training its artificial intelligence with users' personal data without their consent in violation of EU privacy law. The group led by privacy activist Max Schrems announced that it had filed General Data Protection Regulation complaints with authorities in nine European …

Elon Musk’s X faces privacy complaints against personal data violations in Europe
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Elon Musk’s X faces privacy complaints against personal data violations in Europe

Live Mint  

A Vienna-based privacy campaign group lodged complaints in eight European countries against Elon Musk's X on Monday over "unlawfully" feeding the personal data of users into its artificial intelligence technology without their consent. The complaints filed by the European Center for Digital Rights -- also known as Noyb -- come after Ireland's Data Protection Commission earlier this month took court …

Facebook and Instagram face fresh EU digital scrutiny over child safety measures
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Facebook and Instagram face fresh EU digital scrutiny over child safety measures

Associated Press  

LONDON — The European Union opened fresh investigations Thursday into Facebook and Instagram over suspicions that they’re failing to protect children online, in violation of the bloc’s strict digital regulations for social media platforms. It’s the latest round of scrutiny for parent company Meta Platforms under the 27-nation EU’s Digital Services Act, a sweeping set of regulations that took effect …

Facebook and Instagram face fresh scrutiny under the European Union's strict digital regulations
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Facebook and Instagram face fresh scrutiny under the European Union's strict digital regulations

The Independent  

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Meta targeted in privacy complaints by 8 EU consumer groups
1 year, 1 month ago

Meta targeted in privacy complaints by 8 EU consumer groups

The Hindu  

Meta Platforms was hit with privacy complaints on Thursday as eight EU consumer groups asked watchdogs to act against the Facebook owner for allegedly breaching the bloc's privacy rules when it hoovers up user data. The complaints by the consumer groups in the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain to data protection authorities in their countries …

Meta accused of ‘massive, illegal’ data collection operation by European consumer rights groups
1 year, 1 month ago

Meta accused of ‘massive, illegal’ data collection operation by European consumer rights groups

CNN  

London CNN — European consumer rights groups have accused Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, of carrying out a “massive” and “illegal” operation of collecting data from hundreds of millions of users in the region. “With its illegal practices, Meta fuels the surveillance-based ads system which tracks consumers online and gathers vast amounts of personal data for the purpose …

Meta faces Europe-wide data privacy restrictions for targetted ads
1 year, 4 months ago

Meta faces Europe-wide data privacy restrictions for targetted ads

Live Mint  

Meta Platforms Inc. is poised to encounter Europe-wide restrictions on utilizing the personal data of Facebook and Instagram users for targeted advertising, Bloomberg reported. Ireland's Data Protection Commission, acting as the chief privacy overseer for Meta in the region, has a two-week window to impose a ban on processing personal data for behavioral advertising based on contractual and legitimate interest …

Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on
1 year, 7 months ago

Europe is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Those on Snapchat “can opt …

EU tries again with new framework for data flows to U.S.
1 year, 8 months ago

EU tries again with new framework for data flows to U.S.

The Hindu  

The European Commission said Monday it has adopted a new legal framework to protect Europeans' personal data in exchanges with the United States - its third attempt to get past legal challenges. The announcement was made possible after U.S. President Joe Biden last year issued an executive order updating U.S. intelligence agencies' rules when it came to snooping on international …

Europe signs off on a new privacy pact that allows people's data to keep flowing to US
1 year, 8 months ago

Europe signs off on a new privacy pact that allows people's data to keep flowing to US

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. That means it's comparable to the 27-nation's own stringent …

Europe signs off on a new privacy pact that allows people’s data to keep flowing to US
1 year, 8 months ago

Europe signs off on a new privacy pact that allows people’s data to keep flowing to US

Associated Press  

LONDON — The European Union signed off Monday on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease European concerns about electronic spying by American intelligence agencies. That means it’s comparable to the 27-nation’s own stringent data protection standards, so companies can use it to move information from Europe to …

Facebook faces legal setback in EU court decision on data privacy and ads
1 year, 8 months ago

Facebook faces legal setback in EU court decision on data privacy and ads

Associated Press  

LONDON — Facebook lost a legal challenge Tuesday at the European Union’s top court over a groundbreaking German antitrust decision that limited the way the company uses data for advertising. The European Court of Justice said competition watchdogs can consider whether companies like Facebook comply with the continent’s strict privacy rules, which are normally enforced by national data privacy regulators. …

EU privacy regulators eye AI privacy risks after Italy's ChatGPT ban
1 year, 11 months ago

EU privacy regulators eye AI privacy risks after Italy's ChatGPT ban

The Hindu  

Italy's move to temporarily ban ChatGPT has inspired other European countries to study if harsher measures are needed to rein in the wildly popular chatbots and whether to coordinate such actions. Generative AI, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, relies on algorithms to generate remarkably human responses to text queries based on analysing large volumes of data, some of which may be …

Biden order promises EU citizens better data privacy
2 years, 5 months ago

Biden order promises EU citizens better data privacy

Associated Press  

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday designed to allay European concerns that U.S. intelligence agencies are illegally spying on them. That has created uncertainty for tech giants including Google and Facebook’s parent company Meta, raising the prospect that U.S. tech firms might need to keep European data out of the U.S. Industry groups largely welcomed Biden’s order but …

Biden order promises EU citizens better data privacy
2 years, 5 months ago

Biden order promises EU citizens better data privacy

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday designed to …

Clearview AI Fined $9.5 Million By UK Watchdog, Ordered To Delete User’s Data
2 years, 10 months ago

Clearview AI Fined $9.5 Million By UK Watchdog, Ordered To Delete User’s Data

News 18  

The Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK on Monday fined facial recognition surveillance firm Clearview AI more than 7.5 million pounds for using images of people in the UK and elsewhere, that were collected from the web and social media to create a global online database that could be used for facial recognition. Clearview AI has collected more than 20 …

Clearview AI fined £7.5m by watchdog and ordered to delete UK data
2 years, 10 months ago

Clearview AI fined £7.5m by watchdog and ordered to delete UK data

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Facial recognition technology firm Clearview AI has been fined more than £7.5 million …

Here's Why Clearview AI Agreed to Restrict Use Of Facial Images By Companies
2 years, 10 months ago

Here's Why Clearview AI Agreed to Restrict Use Of Facial Images By Companies

News 18  

– The facial recognition startup Clearview AI agreed to restrictions on how businesses can use its database of billions of facial images, to resolve a lawsuit it accusing it of collecting people's photos without permission. Clearview AI, based in New York, can still work with federal government agencies, including immigration authorities, as well as state government agencies outside Illinois. They …

Face scanner firm Clearview AI agrees to limits to settle lawsuit
2 years, 10 months ago

Face scanner firm Clearview AI agrees to limits to settle lawsuit

The Hindu  

The facial recognition startup Clearview AI agreed to restrictions on how businesses can use its database of billions of facial images, to resolve a lawsuit it accusing it of collecting people's photos without permission. Under a settlement filed on Monday in an Illinois state court in Chicago, Clearview AI will stop granting paid or free access to its database to …

World Data Privacy Day Gets Something Very Wrong
3 years, 2 months ago

World Data Privacy Day Gets Something Very Wrong

Slate  

Taking part in the digital economy comes with a basic demand: expose yourself. Each year on January 28, civil libertarians honor World Data Privacy Day to call attention to this dire state of affairs. As one international data protection group states, “the objective of this day is to sensitize individuals and disseminate privacy practices and principles. It encourages everyone to …

Australia regulator demands face-scanning firm delete photos
3 years, 4 months ago

Australia regulator demands face-scanning firm delete photos

Associated Press  

An Australian privacy authority has ordered facial recognition company Clearview AI to stop scanning the faces of Australians and destroy the images and related data it has already collected. Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk said Wednesday that the company breached Australians’ privacy by pulling their personal data from the web and disclosing it through its facial recognition …

Europe makes the case to ban biometric surveillance
3 years, 8 months ago

Europe makes the case to ban biometric surveillance

Wired  

Your body is a data goldmine. Both the European Data Protection Supervisor, which acts as the EU’s independent data body, and the European Data Protection Board, which helps countries implement GDPR consistently, have called for a total ban on using AI to automatically recognise people. The rules, which were unveiled in April, say “remote biometric identification” is high-risk – meaning …

EU data watchdogs want ban on AI facial recognition
3 years, 9 months ago

EU data watchdogs want ban on AI facial recognition

The Hindu  

The EU's data protection agencies on Monday called for an outright ban on using artificial intelligence to identify people in public places, pointing to the "extremely high" risks to privacy. In a non-binding opinion, the two bodies called for a "general ban" on the practice that would include "recognition of faces, gait, fingerprints, DNA, voice, keystrokes and other biometric or …

Europe ramps up pressure on tech giants
3 years, 9 months ago

Europe ramps up pressure on tech giants

CNN  

CNN Business — Officials in Europe are yet again ratcheting up the pressure on Silicon Valley titans. The European Union’s top court ruled Tuesday that tech giants regulated by privacy officials primarily in one EU country can still face legal action by privacy officials based in another member country. Despite being primarily regulated by Irish data protection authorities, Facebook may …

European privacy groups challenge facial scan firm Clearview
3 years, 10 months ago

European privacy groups challenge facial scan firm Clearview

Associated Press  

LONDON — Privacy campaign groups filed legal complaints Thursday with European regulators against Clearview AI, alleging the facial recognition technology it provides to law enforcement agencies and businesses breaches stringent European Union privacy rules. The complaints say Clearview didn’t have any legal basis to collect and process this data under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, which covers facial …

EU court opinion leaves Facebook more exposed over privacy
4 years, 2 months ago

EU court opinion leaves Facebook more exposed over privacy

Associated Press  

LONDON — Any EU country can take legal action against companies like Facebook over cross-border violations of data privacy rules, not just the main regulator in charge of the company, a top court adviser said Wednesday. The advice from the European Court of Justice’s Advocate General Michal Bobek potentially paves the way for an onslaught of fresh data privacy cases …

The European Court of Justice has ruled that Privacy Shield is invalid
4 years, 8 months ago

The European Court of Justice has ruled that Privacy Shield is invalid

Wired  

Getty Images / WIRED Facebook and thousands of other companies that move personal data across the Atlantic face a major headache after the EU’s top court ruled that a key data-sharing mechanism was invalid. The European Court of Justice said that the EU-US Privacy Shield failed to protect privacy and data protection rules. The ruling handed down by the highest …

EU court boost for activist in Facebook data transfer fight
5 years, 3 months ago

EU court boost for activist in Facebook data transfer fight

Associated Press  

LONDON — EU regulators must make more effort to stop tech companies from transferring data to countries with weaker data-protection standards, an advisor to the European Union’s top court said Thursday. A preliminary opinion by the European Court of Justice’s advocate general said existing EU legal rules for data transfers should remain in place, but there should be stricter enforcement …

Google fined £44m for breaching EU privacy laws
6 years, 2 months ago

Google fined £44m for breaching EU privacy laws

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Google has been fined €50m …

Decoding Europe’s new data protection law
6 years, 10 months ago

Decoding Europe’s new data protection law

The Hindu  

The recent flurry of ‘we have updated our privacy policy’ e-mails in your inbox is the result of European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation coming into force. GDPR not only impacts Indian organisations, but also global firms who are handling or managing PII data for EU employees, vendors, businesses,” said Mr. Gupta. So that end customer data is not impacted.” …

AP Explains: What’s changing under new data privacy rules
6 years, 10 months ago

AP Explains: What’s changing under new data privacy rules

Associated Press  

Europe’s new data and privacy rules take effect Friday, clarifying individual rights to the personal data collected by companies around the world for targeted advertising and other purposes. There’s also a somewhat vague category called “legitimate interests.” It’s a catch-all justification that companies can fall back on to keep using data, though the company must show that its needs outweigh …

Austrian data privacy activist takes aim at 'forced consent' saying it violates rights under GDPR
6 years, 10 months ago

Austrian data privacy activist takes aim at 'forced consent' saying it violates rights under GDPR

Firstpost  

Max Schrems filed complaints against Google, Facebook and others, arguing they were acting illegally via ‘forced consent’ as it violates rights under GDPR As Europe’s new privacy law took effect on 25 May, one activist wasted no time in asserting the additional rights it gives people over the data that companies want to collect about them. “A lot of these …

European Union’s new privacy law made some websites go dark today. Here’s what else has changed
6 years, 10 months ago

European Union’s new privacy law made some websites go dark today. Here’s what else has changed

LA Times  

A Vienna-based group has already filed a complaint against Facebook — as well as Google, Instagram and WhatsApp — alleging that they force their users to agree to their privacy standards or be shut out. The Washington Post The European Union’s new data privacy regimen, the bloc’s first major overhaul of rules governing people’s data since 2005, took effect Friday …

Europe faces off American technology companies over user data: Who will win?
6 years, 10 months ago

Europe faces off American technology companies over user data: Who will win?

ABC  

Who owns the soul of the internet? The General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR attempts to wrestle back control over the information of internet users from the data-sucking habits of largely Silicon Valley technology companies. Dr Angela Daly, a Queensland University of Technology senior research fellow, pointed out that it is largely American companies that have grown rich collecting vast …

3 Things You Should Know About Europe's Sweeping New Data Privacy Law
6 years, 10 months ago

3 Things You Should Know About Europe's Sweeping New Data Privacy Law

NPR  

3 Things You Should Know About Europe's Sweeping New Data Privacy Law Enlarge this image toggle caption JaysonPhotography/Dermalog Identification Systems GmbH via AP JaysonPhotography/Dermalog Identification Systems GmbH via AP The U.S. takes credit for creating the Internet, and the European Union seems determined to govern it. On Friday, a sweeping new directive goes into effect called the General Data Protection …

AP Explains: What’s changing under new data privacy rules
6 years, 10 months ago

AP Explains: What’s changing under new data privacy rules

Associated Press  

Europe’s new data and privacy rules take effect a week from Friday, clarifying individual rights to the personal data collected by companies around the world for targeted advertising and other purposes. There’s also a somewhat vague category called “legitimate interests.” It’s a catch-all justification that companies can fall back on to keep using data, though the company must show that …

Facebook scandal is a game changer for data privacy regulation
6 years, 11 months ago

Facebook scandal is a game changer for data privacy regulation

Live Mint  

Brussels: Revelations that data belonging to as many as 87 million Facebook Inc. users and their friends may have been misused became a game changer in the world of data protection as regulators seek to raise awareness about how to secure information. “The dramatic revelations of the last few weeks can be seen as a game changer in data protection,” …

Watch it, Facebook: new EU data rules may have broad impact
7 years ago

Watch it, Facebook: new EU data rules may have broad impact

Associated Press  

LONDON — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is promising to do a better job protecting user data following reports that a political consultant misused the personal information of millions of the company’s subscribers. A similar data breach in the future could make Facebook liable for fines of more than $1.6 billion under the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation, which …

UK information commissioner probing Facebook over illegal data use allegations after Cambridge Analytica was suspended
7 years ago

UK information commissioner probing Facebook over illegal data use allegations after Cambridge Analytica was suspended

Firstpost  

Facebook suspended the company over allegations it retained improperly obtained user data after claiming it had deleted the information. Britain’s information commissioner is investigating whether Facebook data was “illegally acquired and used,” after the social network suspended Cambridge Analytica, a firm that worked for US President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. The British probe is part of a broader inquiry into …

Cambridge Analytica: MP calls out 'lies' about political use of personal Facebook data and demands answers from Mark Zuckerberg
7 years ago

Cambridge Analytica: MP calls out 'lies' about political use of personal Facebook data and demands answers from Mark Zuckerberg

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The chief executive of Cambridge Analytica has been accused of …

Facebook risks EU-wide privacy fights after setback at top court
7 years, 5 months ago

Facebook risks EU-wide privacy fights after setback at top court

Live Mint  

Luxembourg: Facebook Inc. could be in the firing line of data privacy regulators across the European Union if the bloc’s top court follows the opinion of an adviser who said the social media giant may be policed by authorities in the country where users are based. Yves Bot, an advocate general of the EU Court of Justice, said Tuesday that …

Yahoo email scan fiasco: Europe irritated at the probability of EU citizen data scan
8 years, 5 months ago

Yahoo email scan fiasco: Europe irritated at the probability of EU citizen data scan

Firstpost  

Yahoo’s decision to scan clients’ email accounts at the behest of the US authorities has prompted questions in Europe as to whether EU citizens’ data had been compromised, and could help derail a new trans-Atlantic data sharing deal. Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner, the lead European regulator on privacy issues for Yahoo, said on Wednesday it was making enquiries about the …

US and EU agree on "Private Shield" framework for transatlantic data flow
8 years, 8 months ago

US and EU agree on "Private Shield" framework for transatlantic data flow

Firstpost  

The European Union accepted the Private Shield law that would allow US companies to transfer Europeans’ private data to servers across the ocean. Striking down the previously reached agreement over US surveillance concerns, the European Union accepted the Private Shield law that would allow US companies to transfer Europeans’ private data to servers across the ocean. “Today member states have …

Privacy case against Belgian data protection authority won by Facebook
8 years, 9 months ago

Privacy case against Belgian data protection authority won by Facebook

Firstpost  

The Belgian data protection authority on Wednesday lost a legal battle with Facebook in which it sought to stop the social network from tracking the online activities of non-Facebook users in Belgium who visit the social network’s pages. The Belgian Privacy Commission said the Brussels Appeals Court had dismissed its case on the grounds that the regulator has no jurisdiction …

Facebook force by Italian agency to share user data after complaint by victim of hacking
8 years, 10 months ago

Facebook force by Italian agency to share user data after complaint by victim of hacking

Firstpost  

The Italian data protection authority has ordered social networking site Facebook to hand over personal data of an Italian user that was hacked and used on his fake account by a “Facebook friend.” The Italian data protection authority has ordered social networking site Facebook to hand over personal data of an Italian user that was hacked and used on his …

EU wants to give national privacy regulators more clout in new US data pact
9 years, 4 months ago

EU wants to give national privacy regulators more clout in new US data pact

Firstpost  

The European Union wants to enhance the power of the bloc’s national privacy regulators in policing a planned new EU-U.S. data pact after the previous one was struck down by a top EU court on concerns about mass U.S. surveillance. The previous pact, known as Safe Harbour and used by over 4,000 U.S. and European companies, was declared invalid by …

Facebook, Google and Amazon await EU court ruling over legality of data-transfer agreement
9 years, 5 months ago

Facebook, Google and Amazon await EU court ruling over legality of data-transfer agreement

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Europe’s highest court will rule this week on whether it “likes” the legality …

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