Clearview AI: identify everyone on Earth via mega database

Facial recognition company Clearview AI wants to be able to identify virtually everyone on Earth through a mega database containing 100 billion images. The company recently announced this to investors, The Washington Post reported on the basis of a financial presentation it received. According to the British privacy regulator ICO, Clearview has a system with … Read more

Not fulfilling a data subject access request 30K Euros fine

Hellenic DPA fines Company for failure to comply with a data subject’s access request for a video recording, resulting in a € 30’000 GDPR Fine. Based on the complaint of a data subject, the Greek Data Protection Authority imposed the fine because the company had not properly complied with the complainant’s request for information. The … Read more

TikTok shares your data with who?

YouTube and TikTok track users’ personal data more than any other social media apps. A recent study found that YouTube, which is owned by Google, mostly collects your personal data for its own purposes — like tracking your online search history, or even your location, to serve you relevant ads. But TikTok, which is owned … Read more

Facebook expects $10 billion in revenue drop due to iOS privacy setting

The privacy setting that Apple implemented in iOS last year will cause a $10 billion drop in revenue this year, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, expects. “We believe the impact of iOS will be a headwind for our business this year,” CFO Dave Wehner said in a meeting with analysts after the company released … Read more

Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) of IAB Europe, non-compliant with GDPR

Belgian DPA decision emphasizes on a lack of an appropriate legal basis for processing and transfer to ad tech partners, insufficient information to users, general non-compliance with regard to data protection by design and accountability. Concretely this means:– Ban on use of legitimate interest– Obligation to assess parties that connect to the ad network for … Read more