Top Social Security Official Leaves After Musk Team Seeks Data Access
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Top Social Security Official Leaves After Musk Team Seeks Data Access

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The top official at the Social Security Administration stepped down this weekend after members of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency sought access to sensitive personal data about millions of Americans held by the agency, according to people familiar with the matter….

Judge Lets Musk’s Team Keep Access to Records at Some Agencies, for Now
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Judge Lets Musk’s Team Keep Access to Records at Some Agencies, for Now

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge declined on Friday to block the access of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency to records systems containing personal information at the Health and Human Services Department, the Labor Department and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a setback for unions…

DeepSeek May Face Further Regulatory Actions, European Data Protection Board Says

DeepSeek May Face Further Regulatory Actions, European Data Protection Board Says

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates DeepSeek may face more actions from national regulators in the future, Europe’s privacy watchdog said on Tuesday, underscoring the bloc’s concerns about the rising popularity of the cheap Chinese Artificial Intelligence startup. National privacy regulators discussed DeepSeek at a monthly meeting on Tuesday,…

Prince Harry’s Suit Against Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. Tabloids Set to Start
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Prince Harry’s Suit Against Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. Tabloids Set to Start

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Prince Harry will get his long-awaited day in court against Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloids on Monday, as his lawsuit against News Group Newspapers for unlawful gathering of private information finally goes on trial in London. Harry himself is not expected to take the…

Apple Accused of Silencing Workers, Spying on Personal Devices

Apple Accused of Silencing Workers, Spying on Personal Devices

Apple has been accused in a new lawsuit of illegally monitoring its workers’ personal devices and iCloud accounts while also barring them from discussing their pay and working conditions. The complaint filed in California state court on Sunday by Amar Bhakta, who works in digital advertising for Apple, claims the…

EU Privacy Regulator Fines Meta EUR 91 Million Over Password Storage

EU Privacy Regulator Fines Meta EUR 91 Million Over Password Storage

The lead European Union privacy regulator fined social media giant Meta 91 million euros ($101.5 million) on Friday for inadvertently storing some users’ passwords without protection or encryption. The inquiry was opened five years ago after Meta notified Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) that it had stored some passwords in…

US DOJ files lawsuit against TikTok, ByteDance for failing on child privacy | Social Media News

US DOJ files lawsuit against TikTok, ByteDance for failing on child privacy | Social Media News

The US alleges that for years millions of American children under 13 have been using TikTok and the site ‘has been collecting and retaining’ their data. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against TikTok and parent company ByteDance for failing to protect children’s privacy on…

YouTube Expands Privacy Complaint Process, Lets Users Report AI-Generated Content Using Their Face or Voice

YouTube Expands Privacy Complaint Process, Lets Users Report AI-Generated Content Using Their Face or Voice

YouTube is expanding its user privacy protection mechanism to include artificial intelligence (AI) content. The video-streaming giant announced on Thursday that users will be able to report AI-generated content that simulates their face or voice. Users can report such videos using the Privacy Complaint Process, an online reporting system that…

ChatGPT Still Not Meeting Data Accuracy Standards, EU Data Protection Board Says

ChatGPT Still Not Meeting Data Accuracy Standards, EU Data Protection Board Says

OpenAI’s efforts to produce less factually false output from its ChatGPT chatbot are not enough to ensure full compliance with European Union data rules, a task force at the EU’s privacy watchdog said. “Although the measures taken in order to comply with the transparency principle are beneficial to avoid misinterpretation…