Ireland's DPC launches a “large-scale inquiry” into X over Grok's creation and publication of “potentially harmful” sexualized images, the latest European probe
‘Large-scale’ inquiry is latest sign of how regulators are scrutinising the group's Grok chatbot
Germany's DPC says DeepSeek's app illegally transfers user data to China and asks Apple and Google to block it from their app stores in the country
Germany has taken steps towards blocking Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from the Apple (AAPL.O) and Google (GOOGL.O) app stores due to concerns …
Ireland's DPC fines TikTok €530M for illegally sending user data to China, ordering a halt to EU data transfers in six months if protections aren't guaranteed
Irish privacy watchdog says app failed to protect user data sent to China — Ireland's data-privacy watchdog fined TikTok …
Sources: Ireland's DPC will fine TikTok €500M+ before the end of April for illegally shipping European users' data to China, after a lengthy GDPR investigation
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The Irish Data Protection Commission wraps up an investigation into a 2019 breach, fining Meta €91M for violating GDPR rules by storing passwords in plain text
#privacy #Facebook #HaveIBeenPwned #DataBreach #Instagram — https://9to5mac.com/... X: Brian O'Donovan / @brianod_news : Breaking: Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has b...
Ireland's DPC ends court proceedings against X after it agreed to limit its use of personal data collected from EU users to train its AI on a permanent basis
Meta will pause the launch of Meta AI in EU after the Irish DPC asked it to delay training its LLMs using adult EU users' public Facebook and Instagram content
Meta pauses AI models launch in Europe due to Irish request | … @finnmyrstad@eupolicy.social : 💪🙌💥Public pressure works! #meta delays implementing their AI training of users personal data. — @noybeu...
Irish Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon plans to exit on February 19 after nearly 10 years; the GDPR transformed the DPC into the EU's top tech regulator
Many of you will be aware that my final term at the DPC is due to end in 2024. …
Source: Meta has not prepared Threads for a European launch outside the UK, which is not fully governed by GDPR and EU privacy rules
Just a couple of links about Meta's forthcoming entry … Music Ally : Irish regulator says Instagram Threads can't launch yet in EU Ciara O'Brien / The Irish Times : Threads takes on Twitter - what you...
After a hacker demanded $200K to delete data on 400M+ Twitter accounts, Ireland's DPC plans to investigate the “security issue”; Twitter hasn't issued a comment
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