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The UK ICO published a report following its scrutiny of ten of the world’s largest artificial intelligence foundation model developers operating in the UK.
Hunton Andrews Kurth
EFF legal intern Gabrielle Ladun was the principal author of this post. The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) has published a summary of findings from its audit of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) facial recognition technology. While the detailed findings are classified, the summary states that the OIG’s audit uncovered…
EFF
No one should have to think twice before criticizing the government online. But a mass surveillance program known as “Catch and Revoke” was created to make millions do just that. EFF and other defenders of free speech are fighting back. In our latest EFFector newsletter, we’re talking about a key court win for our lawsuit…
EFF
In an extremely disappointing ruling, a California trial court dismissed SIREN v. San Jose, our case challenging the city of San Jose’s warrantless searches of its vast stores of Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) data. EFF and the ACLU of Northern California represent SIREN and CAIR California, two non-profits that serve San Jose residents, in…
EFF
Most of the affected individuals are Meta employees in the United States and they are being offered credit monitoring services.
SecurityWeek
Advertising company Xandr has been fined $9.6 million over data sharing that could reveal Grindr users’ sexual orientation.
Malwarebytes
Brussels, 13 October – During its latest plenary, the EDPB has adopted statement on smart glasses and published the report “The connected gaze. Video recording, surveillance and administering evidence in the age of smart glasses”*, developed in the context of the Support Pool of Expert (SPE) programme**. As smart glasses become widely available and more…
European Data Protection Board
The government is planning tweaks to legislation, new incident response and more to head of AI security threats…
Infosecurity Magazine
noyb remains one of the leading European forces pushing for the fundamental right to data protection for all users. To date, our legal work has resulted in administrative fines totalling €2 billion. In 2025, we not only filed several new GDPR complaints, but also began preparations for our first first collective redress case and dedicated…
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Privacy International
Background information Date of final decision: 05/06/2026 National case Controller: Wind Tre S.p.A. Legal Reference(s): Article 5 (Principles relating to processing of personal data), Article 6 (Lawfulness of processing), Article 12 (Transparent information, communication and modalities for the exercise of the rights of the data subject), Article 15 (Right to access by the data subject),…
European Data Protection Board
Online & Mobile tracking In 2020, noyb (in cooperation with the Norwegian Consumer Council) has filed a complaint against the online advertising company Xandr (now part of Microsoft) for processing personal data from the dating app Grindr. Now, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority has issued its decision – and fined Xandr € 8.5 million (NOK…
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