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Popular female health apps aren’t doing enough for privacy - study

Inconsistencies and contradictory data privacy policies were found in several popular female health apps.

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European users alerted that Meta will use public posts to train AI

Facebook and Instagram’s parent company will soon use public posts “to help develop and improve AI,” European users were told.

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Irish data watchdog issued record privacy fines of €1.55 billion

The Data Protection Commission saw an increase in new complaints from individuals between 2022 and 2023.

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Slack clarified AI data policy after facing criticism online

Slack faced backlash this past month regarding its approach to users’ data.

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Euroviews. In EU-US data transfer and privacy quarrel, the end is not in sight

The new EU-US Data Privacy Framework falls short. These are all the reasons why, Franziska Boehm, Sergio Carrera, Valsamis Mitsilegas and Júlia Pőcze write.

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Diplomats mull online child abuse control with no deal in sight

Dialogue is still open, but new attempts by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU to find compromise have struggled with divisions over privacy among member states.

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Controversial AI surveillance used ahead of Taylor Swift's Paris shows

Paris authorities have authorised using AI-driven video surveillance ahead of Taylor Swift's concerts, but the tech has raised privacy concerns.

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Online privacy advocates call to revive stalled legal reforms

An open letter to the European Commission calls for a halt to surveillance ads and Facebook-style pay-or-consent models, and to protect encrypted communication.

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Facebook not allowed to use public data for targeted ads; ECJ opinion

EU data protection rules don't allow the company to use personal data for an unlimited period of time, the Advocate General said.

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Intended highlight of the 2024 Consumer Summit was completely omitted.

A European Commission initiative aimed to let Big Tech companies voluntarily commit to a "cookie pledge", which would allow consumers to make effective choices regarding tracking-based advertising models, has failed to gain traction, a Commission spokesperson told Euronews.

Health news

What personal info may be shared by Europe's new Health Data Space?

A new European Health Data Space opens access to personal health data to non-medical third parties, raising new privacy challenges.

Euronews Tech Talks

If everything we do leaves a data trail, can we protect our privacy?

From reading a newspaper online, listening to podcasts or ordering food, we add to our digital footprints daily. But how secure is our long-term privacy?

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Lawmakers to approve updated GDPR rules despite companies' concerns

Tech lobby fears the updated GDPR rules will increase abusive complaints and further slow lengthy procedures.

Business

Temu's cash giveaway raises data protection fears

In exchange for the £50 payment, the site gets the right to use and publish people's photos, voices and biographical information among others.

Health news

Deal on landmark health data space clinched in the eleventh hour

European lawmakers agreed on a pioneering bill easing exchange and access to personal health data across the EU – with some privacy safeguards on data sharing to non-medical third parties.

Tech News

TikTok seen in US as China's tool, even as it plays down connections

The bill in the US threatens the app's survival and casts a spotlight on the quandary that many private Chinese companies have found themselves in as they seek to engage Western markets at a time of souring US-China relations.

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EU Commission ordered to bring Microsoft 365 use in line with EU law

The commission will have to demonstrate compliance with the orders by 9 December 2024.

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Lawmakers call for extra time to iron out wrinkles on health data

Differences over patients’ right to opt out of health data transmission to third parties scuppered all-night talks on the last health file of the term.

Tech News

Red flag raised over 'opaque' handling of data by NGOs and tech sector

A sweeping study of the world’s humanitarian sector found that it’s not clear what rights the world’s most vulnerable have with their data.

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1 in 2 people in France have data stolen in massive cyberattack

One in two French people’s data was stolen in a major cybersecurity breach - the largest ever in France - leaving 33 million at risk.