The Software & Information Industry Association supports pressuring U.K. enforcers for demanding access to encrypted U.S. data, SIIA said Wednesday.
Microsoft signed the EU general-purpose AI (GPAI) code of practice to help build trust in the emerging technology, the company said Thursday.
The U.K. Office of Communications (Ofcom) is investigating whether four companies that operate 34 porn sites are complying with age-verification rules under the Online Safety Act (OSA), the office announced Thursday.
The use of profiling tools for online safety is relatively new, but "there is growing interest in how profiling can be used to support trust and safety operations," such as detecting grooming behavior, bullying or fraud and scams, the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office said Wednesday as it published extensive guidance for organizations that deploy or provide profiling tools.
The growing practice of uploading medical reports on generative AI platforms is an "alarming phenomenon" because it risks loss of control over people's sensitive health data and the provision of incorrect information to the public, Italian data protection authority (DPA) Garante said Wednesday.
Google will sign the EU general-purpose AI (GPAI) code of practice in hopes that it will boost Europeans' access to "secure, first-rate AI tools as they become available," the company said Wednesday.
French data protection authority CNIL will host a public discussion on Oct. 15 about ethical issues surrounding post-mortem data, it announced Tuesday.
European Commission guidelines for protecting minors under the Digital Services Act (DSA) are a "major step" toward social media bans that will undermine individuals' rights, the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) said Monday.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office Monday fined Scottish charity Birthlink £18,000 ($24,000) for destroying around 4,800 personal records, many of which may be irreplaceable. An investigation found Birthlink had limited knowledge of requirements for data protection.
Filtering web gateways can help meet data-security obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation, but as they're based on data processing, they must also ensure data protection, French privacy watchdog CNIL said Monday in a guidance.