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Meta Will Train AI on Business Account Content: How to Object From the EU and UK
Meta has updated its commercial terms to let it use business accounts' content to develop its products. Users in the EU and UK can object for now, while everyone else gets no such option.
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Norway slaps Microsoft ad unit with $9.6M fine over Grindr data
Norway's data protection authority has issued its largest-ever fine — 92 million kroner — to Xandr for unlawfully sharing sensitive data of Grindr users with thousands of advertisers.
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Google fined €403 million over location data violations
Ireland's Data Protection Commission has fined Google €403 million for multiple GDPR violations in how it handled users' location data.
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Grindr to Pay £26M to Settle UK Suit Over Sharing of HIV-Status Data
The largest LGBTQ dating app has settled a UK lawsuit over the sharing of sensitive user data — including HIV status — with third parties before 2020.
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€500,000 Fine: French Hospital Failed to Protect the Data of 727,000 People
The CNIL regulator has penalized a private hospital in Saint-Étienne over a breach that exposed information on half a million patients and the people they had designated as contacts.
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Uber Faces €825M Fine Over Automated Driver Suspensions
The Dutch data protection regulator has hit Uber with one of the largest fines in the history of the GDPR for deactivating driver accounts without human oversight.
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Fastmail opens a European data region in Amsterdam
The email service Fastmail has given users a choice: keep the primary copy of their data in the US or in the European Union. The company has installed its own servers in Amsterdam and honestly warns that it cannot give an absolute “EU-only data” guarantee.
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The EU Is Ready to Open Its Biometric Databases to the US for Visa-Free Travel
The European Commission is wrapping up negotiations with the Trump administration on an “enhanced border security partnership.” According to EDRi, the draft agreement mirrors US demands almost entirely and puts Europeans' fundamental rights at risk.