The silent force behind the Trump transition

Youโ€™ve probably never heard of Brooke Rollins. She wants to keep it that way.

Europeโ€™s privacy patrol is spoiling Big Techโ€™s AI party

New leadership in Dublin has put the EUโ€™s privacy regulators on a collision course with Big Tech.

Google hit with European privacy probe over its AI system

Regulators are cracking down on tech firmsโ€™ development of artificial intelligence systems over data protection concerns.

Irish data protection watchdog probes Googleโ€™s processing of personal data for AI training

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) launched a cross-border inquiry into Google’s compliance with privacy laws in processing EU citizen’s data for its artificial intelligence (AI) model PaLM 2, according to a Thursday (12 September) press release.

Unresolved questions over Xโ€™s deal with Ireland to halt AI data processing

Despite the conclusion of the Irish Data Protection Commission’s (DPC) court proceedings against social media platform X, questions about its Artificial Intelligence (AI) data practices and compliance with EU data protection laws remain.

Irish data privacy watchdog case against X is โ€˜struck outโ€™

Court proceedings from the Irish Data Protection Commission against X are officially over as of Wednesday (4 September), after the company agreed to permanently stop processing some personal data collected in the EU to train artificial intelligence (AI).

X suspends processing of some personal data for AI training

Social media giant X has suspended the processing of some personal data from EU users’ public posts to train AI models, two days after the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) launched court proceedings over the practice.

Irish privacy watchdog takes X to court over data processing for AI training

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) initiated court proceedings against the social media platform X on Tuesday (6 August), according to Ireland’s High Court website.

X slammed with data privacy complaint over AI training

Consumer organisations allege X’s artificial intelligence (AI) tool is in violation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in a complaint filed with the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Monday (5 August).

Breaking: Meta halts AI rollout in Europe after โ€˜requestโ€™ from Irish data protection authorities

Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta is pausing its plans to roll our artificial intelligence tools in Europe, following a request from Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), the firm said in a Friday (14 June) blogpost.

Consumer groups file data privacy complaints against Facebook, Instagram โ€˜pay-or-consentโ€™ model

Eight organisations from the network of the European Consumer Organisation filed complaints to their national data protection authorities against Facebook and Instagram ‘pay-or-consent’ model.