Two of the largest retailers in the United States have announced plans to shift to digital price tags within the next few years, and the concept has raised controversy due to the possibility of price gouging as well as privacy concerns.
China’s digital ID trial has stoked privacy concerns, and questions have also been raised about what may happen if a citizen's ID is revoked by the government.
Spain's statement on privacy concerns notes that the election tools gather the name, IP address, age and gender of Facebook and Instagram users, without an indication that this much personal data could be tied to what political content voters view and interact with.
Sam Altman's Worldcoin project will not be available in Spain for up to three months, and may face future actions under the GDPR. The country's data protection authority, the AEPD, has ordered the company to stop collecting personal information due to privacy concerns.
Under a month into the project, privacy concerns have already caused Worldcoin to be banned by some countries and targeted for regulation in others. The central issue is its collection of biometric data, as it promises "free money" in return for capturing iris scans.
The temporarily-delayed Google Bard is now available in the European Union, as the Irish DPC has decided that Google has provided enough information to assuage EU privacy concerns. Google Bard is adding the ability to opt out of personal data collection.
Privacy concerns may be getting lost in the stampede to find a 'better Twitter,' as researchers warn that Meta's new app collects much more sensitive personal information than comparable platforms.
After being informed of the planned launch of the AI chatbot in the EU, the DPC instructed Google to file a data protection impact assessment. The launch is waiting on Google to address privacy concerns.
Both WhatsApp and Signal have already indicated that they will pull their business from the UK market entirely over privacy concerns if the Online Safety Bill ultimately becomes law.
ChatGPT is at least temporarily offline in Italy, as the Italian DPA has concluded that the AI tool may have violated data privacy laws during a recent data leak. OpenAI has been given 20 days to address privacy concerns, or it may face substantial fines.
