OpenAI gives in to Italy's data privacy demands, ending ChatGPT ban
In March, an Italian privacy regulator temporarily banned OpenAI's ChatGPT, worried that the text generator had no age-verification controls or "legal basis" for gathering online user data to train the AI tool's algorithms.The regulator gave OpenAI until April 30 to fix these issues, and last Friday, OpenAI announced it had implemented many of the requested changes ahead of schedule.
IT security strategy: Assessing the risks of generative AI | Computer Weekly
IT security leaders are recognizing the risks and opportunities of generative AI for enterprise IT.
A consensus on defense against AI-based attacks is expected to emerge in 2024, leading to a spike in demand for experts who can move between AI and cybersecurity domains. [ more ]
Patreon attacks law that keeps platforms from sharing your video views
Patreon is asking a federal judge to declare the Video Privacy Protection Act unconstitutional, which would allow businesses to share customers' video data with third parties.
The Video Privacy Protection Act was passed in 1988 after a reporter shared the video rental history of a Supreme Court nominee. The law requires written consent to share sensitive video data. [ more ]
Twitter is considering forcing users to let the company sell their data and phone numbers to advertisers, in potential breach of Apple rules
Platformer reports that Twitter is working on plans to force users to share their data.Users' locations and phone numbers could also be sold to advertisers by Twitter.You might be able to opt out by paying $8, but Apple says you can't force users to make this choice.Twitter is working on plans to force some users to agree to data sharing or lose access to the app in a bid to save its ad business, according to Platformer.
Twitter Said to Agree to Give Elon Musk Access to Stream of Tweets
Elon Musk has threatened to pull out of a $44 billion deal for Twitter, saying the company has refused to give him information about its fake accounts.
Billions lost to fraud during UK's pandemic spending spree
Fraud in UK public spending during the pandemic reached up to £59 billion ($74.4 billion), according to a report from the National Audit Office (NAO).
The NAO identified a lack of access to data as a reason for the authorities' struggle to combat fraud during the pandemic.
The NAO recommends that the government work on improving data sharing and interoperability across different government departments to better prevent and address fraud in future emergencies. [ more ]
ICO campaign promotes responsible data sharing to keep children safe
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has launched a campaign called 'Think. Check. Share.' to raise awareness about responsible data sharing to protect children.
The ICO is partnering with educational institutions, law enforcement, and social service agencies to educate about data protection laws and safe sharing of personal information. [ more ]
Parking fines: DVLA breached law over sharing drivers' details
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) breached data protection laws in the way it passed on motorists' personal details to private parking firms, the UK's data watchdog has ruled.
AI marketing automation from Act On Data Lake| App Developer Magazine
Act-On Software has developed a Data Lake that functions as a private Customer Data Platform (CDP) within its marketing automation solution.
The Data Lake allows for bidirectional sharing of information and enables marketers to import first-party, second-party, and third-party data for more personalized marketing campaigns. [ more ]
Lack of data about conditions in the Russian Arctic is hindering climate science and will result in gaps in understanding of climate change in the region.
Excluding Russian data from climate models makes them less accurate, posing challenges for predicting the future of the Arctic. [ more ]
These 13 missions could be China's next big space mission
China will select half a dozen space-mission proposals in the next few months from a candidate list of 13, and may adopt their picks as soon as 2024 for operations later this decade.
Sadiq Khan accused of being 'asleep on the job' of reforming Met Police
The study on stop and search using body-worn cameras in London has been delayed due to data sharing issues and disagreements between City Hall and the Metropolitan Police.
The study was mentioned in Baroness Casey's review of the Met's culture, which found the force to be institutionally racist, misogynistic, and homophobic.
The project has been paused indefinitely since November 2022 after the Mayor's office found huge variation in coding and key information in the initial footage collection. [ more ]
NIMH Data Archive (NDA) Data Submission OH Webinar
.shtml 1. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Data Archive (NDA) provides a secure platform for data submission and sharing of mental health research data. 2. NDA offers a comprehensive suite of data management and sharing tools, including an open-source data submission and
Mutilated body found in Alabama in 1997 identified through 'genetic genealogy' as California man
Decades after a mutilated body was found in a wooded area in northern Alabama, officials have identified the cold-case victim as a California man through intensive DNA technology and genetic genealogy.The body, found April 15, 1997, in Union Grove, Ala., was discovered along a creek, with its head, feet and hands removed, as well as other parts of the body mutilated, apparently in an attempt to make forensic identification more difficult, according to a news release this week from Alabama's Marshall County Sheriff's Office.
CairoRCSMedia Achieves Cookieless Targeting with Permutive
CairoRCS Media announced its cookieless capabilities in partnership with audience platform, Permutive, which enables the activation of audiences without using third-party cookies and without ever exposing consumers' personal information.Cookie-blocking browsers, regulators, and tech are giving users the tools, awareness, and choice to protect their data by opting out of data sharing.
The TV Industry Will (Finally) Shift To New Currencies In 2023 | AdExchanger
Although broadcasters have been busy testing alternate currencies since Nielsen lost its accreditation for local and national ratings in 2021, Nielsen was still center stage during the 2022 upfronts."Right now, we're just talking," Andrea Zapata, EVP of ad sales, research and measurement insights at Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), told AdExchanger at CES in Las Vegas last week.
Google's Health Connect platform lands later this year with a raft of wearable integrations - Wareable
Google has announced a number of key updates to Health Connect, with the platform progressing from beta to Android 14 later this year.The company skipped over the developments during its two-hour I/O keynote on 9 May, but has since confirmed that the health hub will become a core element of all updated Android devices.
Originally published on March 1, 2019, this article has been updated to include an explainer video that highlights IAB Tech Lab's data clean room standards that were introduced in February 2023.Advertisers' attempts to break down data's walled gardens have found a second wind.The emergence of so-called data clean rooms - safe spaces where insights gleaned from the walled gardens are commingled with first-party data from advertisers for measurement and attribution - is gathering pace as media trading becomes more addressable.
What Publishers Need To Know About Implementing The MSPA | AdExchanger
The ad industry is facing one of its biggest regulatory fears: a patchwork of distinct state privacy laws.California, Colorado, Virginia, Connecticut and Utah have privacy laws that have either recently taken effect or will come into effect this year.To help businesses operate in this complicated legislative landscape, the IAB released the Multi-State Privacy Agreement (MSPA), which offers a contractual framework and consent management guidance for compliance.
FTC reaches deal with online therapy company over data misuse claims
BetterHelp requires anyone interested in its services to fill out a lengthy questionnaire about their health, like whether or not they've previously been in counseling before, as well as personally identifiable information.The FTC asserts that though the company promises not to share this data, it sent personal health information to Facebook, Snapchat, Criteo, and Pinterest for marketing purposes.
WHO Wants MoreData From China as Omicron Drives COVID Surge
Naomi Kresge, Lisa Pham and Immanual John Milton (Bloomberg) Two known omicron subvariants are driving the vast majority of infections as COVID-19 surges through China, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, repeating a call for more transparency as the country grapples with the end of its COVID Zero policy.
Key points in Sunak's plan to tackle migrant crossings
Rishi Sunak vowed to do what must be done as he set out a package of measures aimed at stopping people risking the dangerous crossing of the English Channel in small boats.The Prime Minister said it was unfair that people come here illegally and declared: We have to stop the boats.Here are some of the key measures set out by Mr Sunak in the Commons: A new agreement has been reached with Albania to return people to the country.
City commission looks at proposal for new communication center - Austin Monitor
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 by Ava Garderet The Urban Transportation Committee was presented last Tuesday with the prospect of a second facility to operate CTECC: the Combined Transportation, Emergency and Communications Center.The purpose of CTECC is to facilitate more efficient communication and data sharing between agencies, by focusing on public safety through dispatch of law enforcement and EMS, transportation management with the Texas Department of Transportation and the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and emergency management through the city and county.
Mozilla study lambasts Google over "misleading" privacy labels on top Android apps
/ Mozilla discovered privacy disclosure discrepancies for apps like TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook following investigation into Google Play Store data safety labels.An investigation into data safety labels on the Google Play Store has allegedly uncovered "serious loopholes" that allow apps like Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook to easily provide false or misleading information regarding how user data is shared.
Online banks still riddled with cyber security flaws, report says | Computer Weekly
Vladimir Gerasimov - stock.adobeBy The websites and mobile applications of some of the UK's most popular retail banks are riddled with security flaws that are putting consumers at risk of falling victim to digitally enabled fraud, according to a report from consumer organisation Which?.Out of the banks assessed by Which? and security testing specialists Red Maple, Virgin Money, Nationwide, TSB and The Co-Operative Bank scored lowest for website security, while the most secure services were offered by Starling, HSBC, NatWest and Lloyds.
The mortgage servicing experts at Sagent are building the future of fintech
Building the future of mortgage servicing technology is about granular, nuanced innovation - knowing what changes must happen and when, and executing with no mistakes across scale operations where every tiny detail is highly regulated.And doing all of this within aging infrastructure - it's about building pathways within the aging infrastructure and incrementally replacing it with the new.
A CMP Isn't Enough. Follow These 5 Steps For Compliance. | AdExchanger
Data-Driven Thinking " is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media.Considering how much data moves through third parties in advertising, analytics and measurement, data sharing creates more liability than data theft.Many brands and publishers employ consent management platforms (CMPs).
China outlines plan for 'Government Affairs Big Data System'
China's State Council has outlined a plan to create a National Integrated Government Affairs Big Data System that, by the year 2025, is expected to make millions of government data sets available from one place.The outline explains that governments at all levels across China have already contributed to a data catalog that details more than three million government data libraries and more than 20 million information items.
Twitter Launches Updated, Simplified Privacy Policy, and New Game to Highlight Protection Options
Today, Twitter has , and a launched an updated privacy policy redesigned privacy site, which also includes a new, interactive game designed to help users better understand their privacy and data options in the app.
Gov. Greg Abbott directs state agencies to ban TikTok on government devices
AUSTIN, Texas On Wednesday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered all Texas state agencies to ban TikTok on government-issued devices, citing the threat of the Chinese Communist Party gaining access to U.S. information and infrastructure.In letters to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Speaker Dade Phelan and state agency leaders, the governor said his office had gained information about growing threats posed by TikTok that require immediate action to protect our State's sensitive information and critical infrastructure.
Pentagon to award $9B JWCC cloud contract mid-December
TOWSON, Md. - The Pentagon is set to award a new $9 billion multi-vendor contract for its key military cloud computing backbone by mid-December earlier this year, officials from the after delaying the effort Defense Information Systems Agency said today.Sharon Woods, director of DISA's Hosting and Compute Center, told reporters that officials "have a very high level of confidence in the mid-December award" for the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) , the successor to the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract that was scrapped in 2021.
Best methods for unzipping files in Node.js - LogRocket Blog
As technology has advanced over the years, the need for more memory consumption and portability has grown.Many data compression technologies use underlying algorithms suitable for different operations and file sizes to address this concern.Some standard algorithms include ZIP, BZIP2, 7-ZIP, JPEG, PEG, and more.
Data sharing: How can we make sure the UK is a world leader?
Ensuring that both personal and industrial data can flow responsibly across the entire economy is vital for achieving the ambitions of the National Data Strategy.
FTC sued by firm allegedly selling sensitive data on abortion clinic visits
Among the first location data brokers to publicly come under fire by the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly selling sensitive reproductive health data is Kochava, Inc.
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In it, Kochava described a proposed FTC complaint against Kochava that alleges that the company's data collection practices make it possible for third parties and bad actors to track users' sensitive location data.The FTC suggests that mobile phone users weren't reasonably informed that they were sharing this data with Kochava, making the practice unfair or deceptive and allegedly in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
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Based in Idaho, Kochava's primary business is designing app-developer tools to track, organize, and visualize marketing data, often purchasing and selling third-party mobile device data to its customers under a secondary business called Kochava Collective.
FTC sued by firm allegedly selling sensitive data on abortion clinic visits
Among the first location data brokers to publicly come under fire by the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly selling sensitive reproductive health data is Kochava, Inc.
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In it, Kochava described a proposed FTC complaint against Kochava that alleges that the company's data collection practices make it possible for third parties and bad actors to track users' sensitive location data.The FTC suggests that mobile phone users weren't reasonably informed that they were sharing this data with Kochava, making the practice unfair or deceptive and allegedly in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
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Based in Idaho, Kochava's primary business is designing app-developer tools to track, organize, and visualize marketing data, often purchasing and selling third-party mobile device data to its customers under a secondary business called Kochava Collective.
YouTube Expands Test of Product Tagging in Uploads, Providing Another Creator Monetization Option
With all the major platforms now looking to integrate commerce options, YouTube's expanding its test of third-party product tags, which enable chosen creators to tag products that are featured in their video clips, with the creator, at least at present, being paid by directly by YouTube for using these item highlights.