… The law states explicitly that the person responsible for a media activity bears responsibility for what is published—and that this applies, Elnaggar says, “whether the activity is permitted or not.” Forwarding a message in a private group, in other words, is not a neutral act. “From a legal perspe… …
… The investigation alleged xAI violated Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law by not including “appropriate safeguards from the outset.” The investigation says xAI told the Privacy Commissioner that it has introduced new safeguards to prevent people from successfully prompting Grok to alter cl… …
… The technology drew scrutiny almost immediately. European regulators and privacy advocates in the US questioned its legality as early as 2011, and there were concerns over whether users had meaningfully consented to the creation of biometric data. …
… The software, known as Model Capability Initiative, or MCI, suddenly turned people across the company into privacy zealots, a legal staffer says. …
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… Bumble Elymae Cedeno, Bumble’s VP of trust and customer experience, says that the dating app takes NCII “very seriously and supported the passage of the Take It Down Act.” Anyone can submit a takedown request through a form included in its help center, and Cedeno says reports are reviewed promptly … …
… As the Mozilla Foundation reported after an in-depth investigation into the industry, many mental health apps are lax on privacy. Most failed privacy audits, failing to secure or even outright profiting from personal mental health data. …
… Some protests would get special scrutiny. …