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Certain types of personal data are very valuable to criminals, and can be very damaging to an individual or business if it falls into the wrong hands. As the world becomes more digital and more connected, more of this sort of data is generated and passed between various sources on a regular basis.

 

Government regulations and supervisory authorities aren’t just about keeping irresponsible parties in line. They also provide vital security guidance to every type of organization that handles sensitive personal, business or government information.

 

Data protection regulations also ensure that the end user has a transparent view of and a say in the processing of personal data. These safeguards play a significant role in everything from the preservation of civil rights to ensuring that democratic institutions function properly.

 

Some types of personal data are clear candidates for regulation: medical records, banking information, national ID numbers and so on. But some of these regulations also cover items that might seem relatively innocuous at first glance: home addresses, email addresses, website profile information and so on. For example, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has stipulations about anything that is unique to an individual to include phone numbers and social media accounts. People have varying levels of privacy preference with these items, but they are often protected by regulation because they can be used for targeted scams and attempts at identity theft.

 

Given that regulations often take the size and customer count of businesses into consideration in terms of penalties and the scope of protection of personal data, compliance is particularly important for enterprise-scale organizations. You do not necessarily have to have an active business presence in a country or region; simply storing data on or moving it through servers there may subject you to their data protection rules.

 

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Inside Sources Accuse DOGE Team of Feeding Federal Data Into AI Software

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The AI software has reportedly been used to search federal data about agency spending on payroll and programs, something that could potentially violate federal privacy or security regulations if personal information is involved.
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Deepseek Disappears From App Stores in Italy as Data Protection Authority Investigates

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The Italian data protection authority has announced that DeepSeek was formally blocked for failure to provide sufficient information in response to the request. The Chinese company appears to have taken a combative tone.
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EU Regulations Trip Up Meta’s Ad-Free Service Plans Once Again

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Just about all of the big names in tech have now faced issues with EU regulations, but Meta has been unique in its insistence in not being subject to GDPR user consent requirements. Its ad-free service model is under fire once again.
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noyb’s Next Target For Privacy Complaints: International Data Transfers From Chinese Apps

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China has not received an adequacy decision for international data transfers due to known and expected access by the government. The six apps that the noyb privacy complaints are targeting are TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat and Xiaomi.
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How to Resolve Data Governance Challenges

January 24, 2025
Data governance is to business leaders and IT decision-makers as losing weight is to New Year’s resolution enthusiasts. If your organization is aiming to achieve improved data governance as its New Year’s resolution, here are five healthy habits to adopt in 2025.
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Apple and Google App Stores Fined in Brazil Over Face Manipulator App’s Data Collection

January 13, 2025
While the fine will hardly break either of the two tech titans, the ruling could provide a precedent on data collection that could prove much more costly in the future if applied to everything else made available on app stores.
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Data ProtectionNews

Meta to Pay Late-But-Large Privacy Settlement in Australia’s Cambridge Analytica Case

January 6, 2025
The Cambridge Analytica scandal of 2018 is still not quite out of the news yet, as investigations around the world continue to wrap up. Australia's Information Commissioner has agreed to a $50 million AUD privacy settlement over the violations.
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Data ProtectionNews

OpenAI Hit With €15 Million GDPR Fine in Italy Over Data Privacy Violations

December 31, 2024
Italy was one of the first EU nations to take OpenAI and ChatGPT to task over data privacy violations, even banning the app from the country briefly, and it has now issued the bloc's first GDPR fine of this nature to the company.
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Data ProtectionNews

Penalty Finally Issued in 2018 Privacy Breach Case as Meta Gets €251 Million GDPR Fine

December 30, 2024
A 2018 Facebook privacy breach incident that first drew complaints just after the GDPR went into force has finally resulted in the issuance of a penalty. The €251 million GDPR fine stems from a flaw in the platform's "View All" feature.
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Data ProtectionNews

Meta Draws $25.4 Million Fine in India Over WhatsApp Internal Data Sharing

November 29, 2024
In addition to the $25.4 million antitrust fine, the CCI has ordered Meta to cease this element of cross-app user data sharing for five years. The order wraps up a probe that began in March 2021.
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