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EDPB launches ChatGPT task force
The European Data Protection Board is assembling a task force to assist data protection authorities in coordinating ChatGPT enforcement.
13 April 2023
Adequacy proposal faces further fire from MEPs
A European Parliament committee has voted to reject the draft adequacy agreement between the EU and US, saying changes made by President Biden’s executive order don’t go far enough to address the issues in Schrems II.
13 April 2023
Cadwalader hit with data breach class action
A putative class action claims Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft's negligence and cost-cutting led to the breach of more than 92,200 individuals’ personal information.
13 April 2023
Dutch bank fined for security failures
The Social Insurance Bank has been fined for failing to carry out adequate identity checks when assisting customers over the phone, putting information about their state pensions at risk.
13 April 2023
Austrian regulator sides with publishers in cookie paywall dispute
Austria’s data protection authority has broadly approved the use of cookie paywalls by online publishers, but warned that users must be given more choice over the processing of their data.
12 April 2023
Italy starts the clock on ChatGPT compliance
Italy’s data protection authority has given OpenAI until the end of the month to comply with a set of new conditions if the company wants to be allowed to operate ChatGPT in the country.
12 April 2023
Emboldened states are passing stringent child privacy laws
Failure at the federal level to pass or amend child privacy laws is spurring more states to pass their own measures in response to the government’s and constituents’ concerns.
12 April 2023
Oracle class action survives
A California judge has allowed most of a proposed class action against Oracle to continue, but said some of the plaintiffs’ arguments only “barely” survived.
11 April 2023
TikTok faces billion-euro Portuguese mass claim
A Portuguese consumer group has filed class actions valued at €1.1 billion against TikTok over its allegedly unlawful collection and processing of user data, in a case that could serve as a model to determine compensation in future claims.
11 April 2023
BIPA is unconstitutional, Macy’s argues
A major retailer pulled into the Clearview AI federal class action has been allowed to argue that the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act is unconstitutional, following a recent ruling which the company says has exposed defendants to “crippling” and disproportionate damages.
11 April 2023