News with the tag "personal data"

Millions of US schoolkids have fallen victim to a massive data breach after a company that tracks their personal information reportedly failed to take basic precautions. An investigation from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike determined that PowerSchool – which operates a widely-used Student Informatio...

Despite the regulatory hurdles, the project’s WLD token surged 35% this week, from $1.60 on Sept. 19 to $2.16 on Sept. 26.

The DPC’s inquiry into Google’s AI model development explores the handling of EU citizens’ personal data for training PaLM2.

Crypto investigator ZachXBT has warned users to avoid the Compound Finance website, which appears to have been hijacked and may be redirecting to a phishing site.

Coingecko experienced a data breach on June 5, compromising the personal information of nearly 2 million users. The breach occurred through its third-party email platform, Getresponse. Third-Party Email Platform Breach Hits Coingecko On June 5, 2024, Coingecko detected unusual activity on its third-...

Privacy advocacy group Noyb has filed complaints against the social media giant, Meta, for privacy infringement. This comes as Meta updated its privacy policy which comes into effect on June 26. Noyb has asked data protection authorities in 11 countries to intervene. Meta has received multiple compl...

The complaints claimed that Meta’s recent privacy policy changes would allow the company to utilize years of personal posts, private images, and online tracking data for its AI technology.

Worldcoin agrees to suspend activities in Spain until the end of the year or until a resolution is reached by the German data authority in ongoing data protection investigations.

The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) models in recent years is contributing to the escalating problem of personal data harvesting, or “grabbing,” by major tech companies, Calanthia Mei, the co-founder of the data marketplace Masa, has argued. Mei, a Web3 builder and investor, asse...

The U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase was recently hit with a fine exceeding $11,000 by a Russian court. The fine stems from the crypto exchange’s refusal to comply with a law that requires foreign companies to localize data of their respective Russian users or customers. Localizing Databases of...