Google Fails to End $5B Consumer Privacy Lawsuit August 8, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge rejected Google’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it invaded the privacy of millions of people by...
Washington Physicians’ Insurer Issues Notice of Data Privacy Incident July 27, 2023 Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company reported a security incident affecting the personal information for some third-party contractors and the health...
ChatGPT Creator OpenAI Sued for Theft of Private Data in ‘AI Arms Race’ June 29, 2023 ChatGPT creator OpenAI Inc. is stealing “vast amounts” of personal information to train its artificial intelligence models in a heedless...
States Are Rushing to Regulate Deepfakes as AI Goes Mainstream June 21, 2023 By Isaiah Poritz Images of former President Donald Trump hugging and kissing Dr. Anthony Fauci, his ex-chief medical adviser. Pornographic depictions of Hollywood...
Insurer Must Defend Firm Sued for Selling Facial Recognition Program to Police June 16, 2023 By Jim Sams An ambiguous coverage exclusion prevents a liability insurer from dodging the cost of defending a data broker that was sued...
Amazon to Pay $30.8 Million to Settle FTC Privacy Claims Over Ring Doorbell June 1, 2023 By Leah Nylen and Andrea Vittorio Amazon.com Inc. agreed to pay $30.8 million to resolve two cases brought by the Federal Trade Commission related to privacy...
White House Takes New Steps to Study AI Risks, Determine Impact on Workers May 24, 2023 By Nandita Bose The White House said on Tuesday it would ask workers how their employers use artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor them,...
Meta Hit With Record $1.3B Fine Over Data Transfers May 22, 2023 By Padraic Halpin Meta was hit with a record 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) fine by its lead European Union privacy regulator over...
London Court Throws Out Lawsuit Against Google Over Medical Records May 19, 2023 Google on Friday defeated a lawsuit brought on behalf of 1.6 million people over medical records provided to the U.S....
Facebook Fails in Bid to Get Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit Tossed May 11, 2023 By Jef Feeley A judge ruled Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and other former directors of the social-media company must face claims they turned...