Hacker News with Generative AI: Data Protection

Ireland's data regulator investigates X's use of European user data (techcrunch.com)
Ireland’s data regulator, the Data Protection Commission (DPC), said Friday that it has opened an investigation into Elon Musk’s X over the social media platform’s use of personal data collected from European users to train Grok.

Privacy, Data Protection, Social Media, AI, Europe

9 points by 01-_- 14 days ago | 0 comments

TikTok Faces Fine over €500M for EU Data Sent to China (bloomberg.com)
TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. is set to be hit by a privacy fine of more than €500 million ($553 million) for illegally shipping European users’ data to China, adding to the growing global backlash over the video-sharing app.

Privacy, Data Protection, Social Media, China, Europe

9 points by impish9208 23 days ago | 1 comments

EU raises concerns over U.S. oversight changes in data privacy (cliffordchance.com)
On January 27, 2025, the White House announced the removal of Democratic members from the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), an independent agency responsible for ensuring transparency and accountability in U.S. surveillance practices.

Privacy, Law, Politics, Data Protection, EU

9 points by davidja 49 days ago | 0 comments

US Cloud soon illegal in EU? US punches first hole in EU-US Data Deal (noyb.eu)
Since the Snowden disclosures we know that the US engages in mass surveillance of EU users by scooping up personal data from US Big Tech. The "Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board" (PCLOB) is the key US oversight authority for these laws. US media now reports, that Democratic members of the PCLOB got removed and their email accounts shut down. This brings the number of appointed Members below the threshold to have the PCLOB operate.

Privacy, Data Protection, Politics, Surveillance, International Relations

145 points by belter 79 days ago | 169 comments

DeepSeek AI blocked by Italian authorities (euronews.com)
The Italian Data Protection Authority has halted DeepSeek AI over concerns about its handling of Italians' private data. Ireland and Belgium have also requested information from the Chinese company regarding the model's use of European data.

Artificial Intelligence, Privacy, Data Protection, Europe

8 points by belter 85 days ago | 0 comments

Noyb WIN: Dutch authority fines Netflix €4.75M (noyb.eu)
noyb has achieved a win against Netflix. Almost five years after the complaint has been filed, the Dutch data protection authority (DPA) has finally issued a decision. The authority is imposing a fine of €4.75 million against the streaming provider because it failed to adequately inform customers about what it does with their data.

Privacy, Data Protection, Lawsuits, Fines, Streaming Services

5 points by latexr 129 days ago | 0 comments

Watchdog to issue new guidance after report finds air fryers may be listening (news.sky.com)
Smart device manufacturers will be issued with new guidance on how to comply with data protection laws, a watchdog has said, after it emerged air fryers may have been listening in on families' conversations.

Privacy, Smart Devices, Data Protection, Consumer Safety

15 points by austinallegro 131 days ago | 16 comments

Controversial EU ad campaign on X broke bloc's own privacy rules (techcrunch.com)
The European Union’s executive body is facing an embarrassing privacy scandal after it was confirmed on Friday that a Commission ad campaign on X (formerly Twitter) breached the EU’s own data protection rules.

Privacy, European Union, Social Media, Advertising, Data Protection

4 points by marc__1 133 days ago | 0 comments

Proposed amendment to legal presumption about the reliability of computers (postofficescandal.uk)
I am grateful to the journalist Tom Webb, who specialises in data protection, for alerting me to an amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill, currently going through the House of Lords.

Data Protection, Law, UK Politics

181 points by chrisjj 145 days ago | 223 comments

'Consent' LinkedIn used for data processing was not freely given, says Ireland (theregister.com)
When LinkedIn asked its European users for their personal data, it did not receive "informed" nor "freely given" consent for the business to ship it off to third parties for generating targeted advertising, a Euro data watchdog has said.

Privacy, Data Protection, GDPR, LinkedIn, Advertising

5 points by LinuxBender 180 days ago | 0 comments

Defend against vampires with 10 gbps network encryption (synacktiv.com)
Discover how attackers can sniff your data on network cables and how you can defend against it, by encrypting on-the-fly all your ethernet traffic with very good performance.

Cybersecurity, Network Security, Data Protection, Encryption

270 points by alxjsn 225 days ago | 81 comments

Privacy Without Monopoly: Data Protection and Interoperability (eff.org)

Privacy, Data Protection, Interoperability

10 points by leyth 257 days ago | 0 comments

Why Privacy Badger Opts You Out of Google's "Privacy Sandbox" (eff.org)

Privacy, Google, Web Browsing, Data Protection

21 points by colinprince 277 days ago | 6 comments

Google One 'Dark web reports' coming to all Google Account holders in late July (9to5google.com)

Google, Privacy, Security, Data Protection, Technology

25 points by tmoertel 291 days ago | 3 comments

Online Privacy and Overfishing (schneier.com)

Online Privacy, Cybersecurity, Data Protection

65 points by Sindisil 325 days ago | 20 comments

Bill Gates, Man United and 20 other sites that ban linking to them (malcolmcoles.com)