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☆ European Data Protection Board creates ChatGPT task force
  + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
BRUSSELS, April 13 (Reuters) - The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) on Thursday moved to create a task force on ChatGPT, the agency said in a statement. The EDPB is an independent body that oversees data protection rules in the European Union, composed of national data protection watchdogs. "The EDPB members discussed the recent enforcement action undertaken by the Italian data protection authority against OpenAI about the Chat GPT service," the statement said. "The EDPB decided to launch a dedicated task force to foster cooperation and to exchange information on possible enforcement actions conducted by data protection authorities." A source at one national watchdog said member states hoped to align on policy following Italy's move to curb ChatGPT but that would take time.
☆ Special Report: Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars
  + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Steve Stecklow Waylon Cunningham Hyunjoo Jin | Steve Stecklow | Waylon Cunningham | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +18 min
To report this story, Reuters contacted more than 300 former Tesla employees who had worked at the company over the past nine years and were involved in developing its self-driving system. The company requires car owners to grant permission on the cars’ touchscreens before Tesla collects their vehicles’ data. Reuters found that Tesla employees shared clips that captured sensitive and embarrassing personal moments. Tesla’s own data labelers initially worked in the San Francisco Bay area, including the office in San Mateo. According to several ex-employees, some labelers shared screenshots, sometimes marked up using Adobe Photoshop, in private group chats on Mattermost, Tesla’s internal messaging system.
☆ OpenAI and Italy's Data Protection Authority to hold meeting on Wednesday
  + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: 1 min
MILAN, April 4 (Reuters) - Italy's Data Protection Authority said on Tuesday that it would hold a meeting with representatives of OpenAI on Wednesday evening, after the authority temporarily banned the ChatGPT chatbot. The Italian authority added that OpenAI sent a letter on Monday to express its willingness to collaborate in order to respect the European privacy rules and reach a shared solution. Last week Microsoft-backed (MSFT.O) OpenAI took ChatGPT offline in Italy after the Data Protection Authority temporarily banned the chatbot and launched a probe over the artificial intelligence application's suspected breach of privacy rules. Reporting by Elisa Anzolin Editing by Keith WeirOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Italy became the first Western country to ban ChatGPT. Here's what other countries are doing
  + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +8 min
Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesItaly has become the first country in the West to ban ChatGPT, the popular artificial intelligence chatbot from U.S. startup OpenAI. watch nowVarious regulators are concerned by the challenges AI poses for job security, data privacy, and equality. "It's more, if you're using AI, these are the principles you should be thinking about," Holmes told CNBC. Ireland is typically the most active regulator when it comes to data privacy since most U.S. tech giants like Meta and Google have their offices there. The U.S. hasn't yet proposed any formal rules to bring oversight to AI technology.
☆ Italian minister says country's ban on ChatGPT is excessive
  + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
ROME, April 2 (Reuters) - Italy's deputy prime minister on Sunday criticised a decision by the government's Data Protection Authority to temporarily ban chatbot ChatGPT, saying the block over privacy concerns seemed excessive. Salvini, who also serves as transport minister, said the regulator's move was "hypocritical" and that common sense was needed as "privacy issues concern practically all online services". OpenAI, which disabled ChatGPT for users in Italy on the back of the agency's request, said on Friday it actively works to reduce the use of personal data in training its AI systems like ChatGPT. "We look forward to working closely with (the Italian data agency) and educating them on how our systems are built and used," it said. It is right to control and regulate through an international cooperation between regulators and legislators, but it cannot be blocked," he said.
☆ Italy curbs ChatGPT, starts probe over privacy concerns
  + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Elvira Pollina Supantha Mukherjee | Elvira Pollina | Supantha Mukherjee | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
ChatGPT has an "absence of any legal basis that justifies the massive collection and storage of personal data" to "train" the chatbot, Garante said. OpenAI has 20 days to respond with remedies or could risk a fine of up to 4% of its annual worldwide turnover. ChatGPT was still answering questions posted by Italian users on the platform on Friday evening. Italy, which provisionally restricted ChatGPT's use of domestic users' personal data, became the first Western country to take action against a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence. The European Commission, which is debating the EU AI Act, may not be inclined to ban AI, European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager tweeted.
☆ Turkey fines TikTok 1.75 mln lira for weak data protection measures
  + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
ISTANBUL, March 1 (Reuters) - Turkish authorities have fined TikTok 1.75 million lira ($93,000) for not taking sufficient measures to protect users from unlawful processing of their data, the Personal Data Protection Board (KVKK) said on Wednesday. The fine comes amid growing international concern over the Chinese short video-sharing app and who accesses its user data. The KVKK said it had decided to fine the company for "not taking all necessary measures to ensure the appropriate level of security to prevent unlawful processing of personal data." The data protection authority also said in a statement on its website that TikTok should translate its Terms of Service into Turkish and update its privacy and cookies policy texts in line with the country's regulations. Turkey has the ninth most users of TikTok in the world, with some 30 million accounts on the social media platform, data from Statista showed.
☆ Dutch watchdog decides against fine after Tesla alters security cameras
  + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Companies Tesla Inc FollowAMSTERDAM, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The Dutch personal data watchdog said on Wednesday it would not fine Tesla Inc. (TSLA.O) over possible privacy violations after the U.S. carmaker made changes to vehicle security cameras. Tesla uses such cameras in its cars to help owners protect them against theft or vandalism, but the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) investigated them as a potential violation. The agency said Tesla had made changes to its "Sentry Mode" feature in which the cameras are activated since the DPA investigation began. The agency said as a result, the car's owners, rather than Tesla, would be legally responsible for improper filming. "The DPA's investigation has not resulted in a fine or other sanction for Tesla," it said.
☆ Privacy Regulators Step Up Oversight of AI Use in Europe
  + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Catherine Stupp | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +6 min
European privacy regulators are intensifying their scrutiny of companies’ use of artificial intelligence, hiring experts and opening new units to crack down on data violations. “AI is appearing in all sectors,” said Kari Laumann, head of a division for research, analysis and policy at Norway’s data protection authority. The regulator’s office has worked with 64 companies to test AI initiatives under its supervision, in a program started in 2020. Regulators have fined companies for privacy failings in their AI applications in recent years, but European data protection officials and privacy analysts say it is still unclear how to apply some aspects of European privacy law to the technology. Mr. Jairaj said he expects the EU’s coming legislation to force companies to look closely at third-party suppliers of AI products.
☆ Apple should face 6 mln euro fine, adviser to French privacy watchdog says
  + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Mathieu Rosemain | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
PARIS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Apple (AAPL.O) should face a 6 million euro ($6.3 million) fine for breach of privacy rules, the top adviser to French data protection authority's sanction body recommended on Monday. CNIL's sanction body is free to ignore the rapporteur's recommendations, but these typically carry a lot of weight regarding the watchdog's final decision. Apple's privacy updates, called App Tracking Transparency, give users the option to block apps from tracking activity across apps and websites owned by other companies. He added that changes made under a subsequent version of Apple's operating system, iOS 15, allowed for such prior consent. Gary Davis, Apple's head of privacy, contested the rapporteur's conclusions at the hearing, saying the U.S. firm was committed to the protection of users' privacy.
☆ TikTok could face a $29 million fine in the UK for failing to protect kids’ privacy
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
LONDON — TikTok may face a £27 million ($29 million) fine in the U.K. after privacy regulators found failings in the company’s handling of children’s data. “We all want children to be able to learn and experience the digital world, but with proper data privacy protections,” Information Commissioner John Edwards said in a statement Monday. In a statement to CNBC, a TikTok spokesperson said the company disagrees with the ICO’s provisional fine and plans to make a formal response. Last year, the Netherlands’ Data Protection Authority handed TikTok a 750,000 euro ($723,371) fine for violating the privacy of young children and failing to offer its information in Dutch. Western officials are worried the platform may be providing a backdoor to Beijing allowing it to snoop on non-Chinese users.
☆ Italy's watchdog asks Facebook for clarification on pre-election activities
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Facebook app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationMILAN, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Italy's Data Protection Agency has asked Facebook to clarify the activities the social media giant has engaged in ahead of Sunday's national elections, it said on Thursday. A Meta spokesperson said that the company's "Italian election tools have been expressly designed to respect users' privacy and comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)". "We are cooperating with the Italian Data Protection Authority to explain how we are working to help protect the integrity of the Italian election and to connect people with reliable election information from the Ministry of Interior", the spokesperson said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Federico Maccioni and Elvira Pollina, editing by Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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