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‘Game-changing’ tech fuels US relook at China data risks

4Mar

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‘Game-changing’ tech fuels US relook at China data risks

[ad_1] From genomic information to internet-connected cars, the United States is rethinking its data protection policies -- with further trade curbs aimed at China in the cards -- as tech like AI brings new risks.In the past week alone, President Joe Biden took steps expanding Washington's national security toolkit, sounding the alarm on possible risks from Chinese vehicles and tech, a day after issuing an order to limit the flow of sensitive personal data abroad. The fear is that such data can be used to track citizens, including those with sensitive jobs, or train artificial intelligence models. The use of sensitive data to develop AI could allow adversaries to use the tech to target US individuals for espionage or blackmail, such as by recognizing patterns across datasets to identify...

Great Internet Cookie Crumble Will Leave Risky Morsels

8Feb

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Great Internet Cookie Crumble Will Leave Risky Morsels

[ad_1] Thanks to the humble cookie, our favorite websites can remember us, greeting our return visits like a conscientious barista. But also thanks to these small files, some egregious privacy abuses have occurred. Cookies will disappear this year, though a problem solved may be a problem caused.The cookie, invented by a 23-year-old Netscape engineer 30 years ago, was initially intended to act as an identifier so users didn't have to keep logging in. It has long been co-opted, however, by the advertising industry as a way to snoop on what users are up to. Loading even the most basic web page these days means that dozens of tracking cookies are quietly placed on your computer. Suddenly, what had been a quick search for a one-off purchase ignites a frenzy, with every website coordinated i...

OpenAI’s ChatGPT accused of breaking data protection rules in Italy: 5 things to know

30Jan

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT accused of breaking data protection rules in Italy: 5 things to know

[ad_1] The European Union has been extremely strict about its data protection rules and it has been monitoring various platforms including AI tools and their activities as well as scope. And now, in Italy, Garante, the department responsible for evaluating compliance by AI platforms regarding data privacy rules has accused OpenAI's ChatGPT of breaching rules, which may result in extensive penalties or a ban on this AI tool. Know what the Italian authorities said in 5 points.What Italian authorities are accusing ChatGPT of?Italy's watchdog named Garante, which is one of the most active members of the EU, has been assessing ChatGPT for over a year now and it has found major data privacy violations by the generative AI tool.ChatGPT has been under the scanner of various other countries who ...

In 2 years, there will be no service which is not delivered on digital public infra: MoS IT

26Aug

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In 2 years, there will be no service which is not delivered on digital public infra: MoS IT

[ad_1] The debate around data has shifted from its usage or exploitation to 'guardrails' that can protect users, and India is firmly committed to striking a balance between innovation and the rights of individuals, their privacy and data protection, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Thursday.The India stack is growing deeper and wider at the application level, he said adding that here in India, digital is all about inclusiveness. Chandrasekhar, who is the Minister of State for Electronics and IT, was speaking at the Economist Impact B20 Forum. The minister said the India stack has generated "tremendous amount of interest" among nations, and 11 countries are in the process of deploying India Digital Public Infrastructure in whole or parts.He said the age-old narrative about gov...

Google Street View to post first new pictures from Germany in a decade

26Jul

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Google Street View to post first new pictures from Germany in a decade

[ad_1] Google Street View's cameras have returned to Germany more than a decade after a privacy backlash in the country pushed it to stop updating images.Alphabet Inc.'s update will start with new photos of the streets and landmarks of the country's 20 largest cities and expand from there, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday. Google voluntarily suspended Street View photography in Germany in 2011, after an outcry from privacy advocates and opposition from regulators. “We've been back on the road with our vehicles in Germany since June and will be posting the latest images as they become available - adding footage from other regions across the country,” Sven Tresp, a program manager for Street View, wrote. Google is posting information about where its cameras are traveling, he sai...

Regulators dust off rule books to tackle generative AI like ChatGPT

23May

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Regulators dust off rule books to tackle generative AI like ChatGPT

[ad_1] As the race to develop more powerful artificial intelligence services like ChatGPT accelerates, some regulators are relying on old laws to control a technology that could upend the way societies and businesses operate.The European Union is at the forefront of drafting new AI rules that could set the global benchmark to address privacy and safety concerns that have arisen with the rapid advances in the generative AI technology behind OpenAI's ChatGPT. But it will take several years for the legislation to be enforced. "In absence of regulations, the only thing governments can do is to apply existing rules," said Massimiliano Cimnaghi, a European data governance expert at consultancy BIP."If it's about protecting personal data, they apply data protection laws, if it's a threat to sa...

The EU is about to take a Bigger stick to Big Tech

31Jan

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The EU is about to take a Bigger stick to Big Tech

[ad_1] A new auditing regime should make harder to give Meta, Google and Amazon an easy ride on data protection. It's well established that the European Union has some of the strictest privacy laws in the world, threatening fines of up to 4% of a company's annual turnover. A lesser-known fact, and one which large tech firms would like to keep quiet, is that the EU hasn't enforced those rules very strictly. Since introducing its landmark privacy law known as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018, the EU has delegated the job of policing Big Tech to the nations where the firms have their European headquarters. That puts enormous pressure on countries like Ireland, which hosts several large internet firms that have frequently been accused of flouting privacy law, including...