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Privacy professionals

Shadow AI is the unsanctioned use of artificial intelligence tools outside of an organization's governance framework. In the healthcare field, clinicians and staff are increasingly using unvetted AI tools to improve efficiency, from transcription to summarization. Most of this activity is well-intentioned. But when AI adoption outpaces governance, sensitive data can quietly leave organizational control. Blocking AI outright isn't realistic. The more effective approach is to make safe, governed AI easier to use than unsafe alternatives.

The incident occurred between May 22 and May 23 and involved access to files containing personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) pertaining to affiliated physicians and practices. In an incident notice on its website, the company revealed that the hackers stole names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnostic details, provider names, dates of service, treatment information, and health insurance information.

The search and advertising tech giant provided ICE with the usernames, physical addresses, and an itemized list of services associated with the Google account of Amandla Thomas-Johnson, a British student and journalist who briefly attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024 while attending Cornell University in New York. Google also turned over Thomas-Johnson's IP addresses, phone numbers, subscriber numbers and identities, and credit card and bank account numbers linked to his account.

Employers are facing a new workplace hazard: AI notetakers that don't know when to stop listening. In some virtual meetings, employees drop off the call while an AI assistant stays behind, quietly documenting gossip or disparaging remarks made by remaining employees, then emailing the transcript to the full team. "Those issues create some of the most excruciating problems," says Joe Lazzarotti, an attorney at Jackson Lewis who is increasingly advising companies on AI notetaker mishaps.

Eric Ellman, president of the National Consumer Reporting Association (NCRA) said we learned from the 2008 housing crisis that more data is better than less data, especially when the financial stakes are so high. He added, The cost of being right for spending an extra $100 is so much stronger a case to make than the downside risk for a consumer who might lose thousands over the lifetime of a loan.

"Don't play Russian roulette with [this man's] life," Jon told lead DHS prosecutor, Joseph Dernbach, in the email. "Err on the side of caution. There's a reason the US government along with many other governments don't recognise the Taliban. Apply principles of common sense and decency." Five hours later, per WaPo, Jon received a response - not from Dernbach or the DHS, but from Google.

All of Mountain View's license plate cameras are being disabled, effective immediately, Police Chief Mike Canfield announced Monday afternoon. The move comes in the wake of the police department's disclosure last week that hundreds of law enforcement agencies had accessed the sensitive data in violation of the city's policies for over a year. The cameras will remain turned off until further direction is provided by the Mountain View City Council,

The mother of Stephen Lawrence has said she feels like "a victim all over again" after she learned about the alleged hacking of her phone by the Daily Mail, a court has heard. Baroness Doreen Lawrence, who says her phone was tapped and voicemails hacked, said the alleged actions of the newspaper reminded her of the police handling of the investigation into the racist murder of her son. She told the High Court the Mail was only "pretending" to support her campaign for justice for the "credibility of supporting a black family". The peer is among several high-profile figures - including the Duke of Sussex - suing the paper's publisher, Associated Newspapers (ANL).