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Cybersecurity: Which are Europe's most vulnerable countries?

Cloud breach risks have more than doubled in less than five years.

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DeepSeek AI blocked by Italian authorities as others member states open probes

The Italian Data Protection Authority has halted DeepSeek AI over concerns about its handling of Italians' private data. Ireland and Belgium have also requested information from the Chinese company regarding the model's use of European data.

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Italian data privacy agency probes China's DeepSeek AI, as EU tests GDPR compliance

The Chinese AI model will have to provide information on the processing of EU data after politicians, NGOs and researchers expressed concerns about the safety of Europeans.

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77% of people have used AI in job searches, a new survey finds

Despite the high adoption rate, "profound disparities persist," an expert said about using AI tools in job search.

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Trump rollback jeopardises EU-US data transfers: privacy activist says

First-day executive orders signed by the new US president could make it impossible for thousands of EU businesses and public bodies to use US cloud providers such as Google, Microsoft and Amazon without breaching EU privacy.

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Meta's new pay-or-consent policy still breaches EU law, consumer advocates claim

The social media giant may have softened its rules allowing subscribers to Facebook and Instagram to get no ads, but users still aren’t getting a fair choice, BEUC argues.

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Which countries have banned TikTok and why?

While the United States will likely become the first country to ban TikTok outright, many others are concerned about the platform's ties to China.

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New GDPR complaints against Chinese Big Tech question use of European citizens' data

Online privacy NGO noyb has filed GDPR complaints against TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat and Xiaomi for illegal transfer of Europeans’ data to China.

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Who are the four contenders to be the next EU privacy chief?

EU lawmakers will decide on the successor to Wojciech Wiewiórowski on Thursday.

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CES 2025: The smart glasses set to take on Meta's Ray Bans

Smart glasses are getting big attention at CES 2025, with some set to challenge Meta's Ray-Bans. AI watches for children and adults were also on show.

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Will an Austrian eurosceptic chancellor sit at the EU’s council table?

The centre-right Austrian People's Party is currently negotiating with the far-right Freedom Party to establish a coalition government in Austria.

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World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee's hopes for 2025

Sir Tim Berners-Lee told Euronews Next he does not make tech predictions but spoke of his hopes for the web in 2025.

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Italy hands OpenAI €15 million fine after ChatGPT data privacy probe

The Italian Data Protection Authority found OpenAI used personal data to train their AI without "an adequate legal basis" for doing so.

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German watchdog orders biometric ID project World to delete data

The iris-scanning identity technology World has already been banned in some European countries over privacy concerns.

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EU data watchdog sets terms for AI model's legitimate use of personal data

The EDPB responded to the Irish authority, clarifying AI model anonymity, the legitimacy of using personal data for their development while leaving leeway to national data protection authorities.

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Spanish hotels to collect more personal data from tourists from today

Hotels and other tourism operators will have to collect and report over 40 pieces of information for accommodation bookings and over 60 for car rental bookings.

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EU Parliament will hear candidates for top privacy job on 16 January

The current European Data Protection Supervisor mandate ends next week.

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Sweden reissues WWII booklet to prepare Swedes for war in digital age

Sweden has revived a wartime-era pamphlet and made it fit for the digital age to prepare its citizens for future crises.

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EU Data Protection Supervisor hearings likely delayed to January

The European Commission has finalised its shortlist but lawmakers fear they have no time to grill candidates this year.

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What is neural data and what protections exist in the EU?

Some experts argue that neural data should be subject to greater protection.