The Irish Data Protection Commission announced Friday it's investigating how social media site X processes personal data from publicly accessible content that EU/European Economic Area users post on its platform to train Generative AI Large Language Models. A major focus of the probe is X's Grok chatbot, which an LLM of the same name powers. The probe will examine X's compliance with a range of General Data Protection Regulation provisions, including the lawfulness and transparency of the processing, the DPC said.
Civil society organizations were nearly excluded from a Maryland AI working group, the Electronic Privacy Information Center said Friday. However, consumer privacy advocates will get to join the group under the version of HB-956 that passed the Maryland General Assembly earlier this week, EPIC said.
An Arkansas comprehensive privacy bill (SB-258) failed again to get enough votes to pass the Senate on Thursday.
The privacy professional's remit has evolved rapidly and now includes governance and overseeing the regulation of emerging technologies, making roles on privacy teams more specialized, a panel of privacy pros said during an Osano summit Thursday.
“Sports teams must navigate a complex network of privacy laws that govern athlete health data," Orrick attorneys blogged Wednesday.
The German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) reported Thursday on the office's activities last year, highlighting its significant digital successes.
The European Data Protection Board Thursday published a report on AI privacy risks and mitigations for Large Language Models (LLMs). The report "helps Data Protection Authorities gain a comprehensive understanding and state-of-the-art information on the functioning of LLMs systems and the risks associated with LLMs," it said.
The 23andMe bankruptcy will likely lead to more privacy regulation and enforcement due to significant public awareness of the event and its possible implications for people’s sensitive genetic information, privacy experts at the Osano Privacy Pro Survival Summit said Thursday. Meanwhile, the rise of enamored but potentially dangerous AI technology could increase challenges for privacy pros, said Noelle Russell, founder of the AI Leadership Institute.
The European Commission will seek to increase businesses' “access to large and high-quality data” as a key pillar of an AI Continent Action Plan unveiled Tuesday.
The Future of Privacy Forum’s privacy work is “fully compliant” with President Donald Trump’s executive orders, and the organization will work with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to allay his AI policy-related concerns, FPF said in a statement Monday.