Information privacy

The European Union's central data regulator has said that it was forming a task force to help countries deal with wildly popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, ramping up the pressure on its U.S. maker OpenAI.    

Italy has announced that it is blocking OpenAI's high-profile chatbot ChatGPT for security reasons, local and European media reported.

The data protection regulator "immediately" launched an investigation into the Microsoft-funded company over whether its work fell foul of Europe's GDPR regulation.

Turkey on Sept. 3 joined a host of other countries in fining Facebook's ubiquitous WhatsApp messaging service for failing to sufficiently protect user data.

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The 1,950,000-lira ($235,000, 200,000-euro) penalty was imposed after months of confusion over whether WhatsApp had introduced its controversial new data-sharing rules in Turkey.

The collection and processing of personal information from individuals living in the European Union are governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It is a legal framework providing the essential guidelines that need to be adhered to.

The social network conglomerate Facebook faced another restrictive measure from the EU, Reuters reported. Facebook and other tech giants found themselves under cross-fire after the top EU court backed national agencies in their intentions to pursue the companies even when they are not their lead regulators. The court's decision opens the gate for series of potential new sanctions.

Ljubljana – The Office of the Information Commissioner received a record number of applications, complaints and queries last year, according to the annual report submitted to the National Assembly.

A total of 565 complaints were received, and the number of requests for opinion rose by almost a third due to high demand for information about spending on public health measures.

France's data protection watchdog CNIL will from Thursday (1 April) begin conducting checks to ensure websites are in compliance with new guidelines on advertising trackers after the deadline it granted expired. EURACTIV France reports.

Forty years ago tomorrow, on 28 January 1981, the first ever binding international treaty addressing the need to protect personal data was opened for signature in Strasbourg: the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, also known as "Convention 108".

The data covered the period of the first half of January

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