Don't use some LLM to write your website's privacy policy! They suck at it.

And they suck in general.
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#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM

And thus, as an Anglo-celtico-gaelico-ibero-créolo-nigeriano-Tehuelche? What am I supposed to feel about all this???????

#GDPR #DeleteIsDelete #rightToBeForgotten #transparency #humanrights
#mastodon #DEI #inclusion #stomapride #empathy #humanism #childrenOfAtlantis
#xenophobia #antisemitismus #racism #triangularTrade #slavery #history #historyrepeating #harassment #discrimination #privacy #defamation #datascience #scraping

If it's legitimate interest, why can I turn it off? #gdpr

Find daily new #GDPR decisions from across Europe for free on GDPRhub.eu! Read and edit this decision from Italy at https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=Garante_per_la_protezione_dei_dati_personali_(Italy)_-_10138964&mtm_campaign=hubasmma Thousands of experts also signed up to our free newsletter already: https://newsletter.noyb.eu/pf/433/5gqtL #RODO

ALT: New decision from Italy: Following an ex officio investigation, the DPA fined a municipality €3,000 for failing to appoint a data protection officer.

are you German?
do you browse the web?
are you interested in €5000?
then consider suing Facebook for violating your privacy.

"The ruling in favor of the plaintiff sets a precedent which the court acknowledged will allow countless other users to sue without 'explicitly demonstrating individual damages'."
German court rules Meta tracking technology violates European privacy laws | The Record from Recorded Future News
https://therecord.media/german-court-meta-tracking-tech

ETHZ and EPFL announced the release of a Large Language Model (LLM) developed on public infrastructure: Trained on the “Alps” supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in 8B and 70B parameters configurations, using open-source training data, respecting web crawling opt-outs during data acquisition, and natively fluent in over 1000 languages. Quoting: "The model will be fully open: source code and weights will be publicly available, and the training data will be transparent and reproducible".

I don't know how good it's going to be, but if true for me this is the real definition of "open-source" in AI (not the ridiculous, corporate-promiscuous definition by the Open Source Initiative).

https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/07/a-language-model-built-for-the-public-good.html

New[ish] Privacy Guides article
by me:

Age verification laws have been multiplying in recent years. This is extremely bad news for your privacy rights.

While framed as a measure to
protect the children, collecting more data on every users of the internet endangers *everyone*, including the children.

This isn't a protective measure,
this is authoritarian policies normalizing mass surveillance and silencing dissidents.

It could very much become
the end of pseudonymity online,
if we do not push back against it.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/06/age-verification-wants-your-face/

No my dear US-company, your tech is not GDPR-compliant just because you're having a few servers in Ireland. Putting it on your website doesn't make it true.
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#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #USTech

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One German Facebook user just lit the fuse on Meta's GDPR nightmare. Court ruled $5,900 per tracked user - and that's just the beginning. When your business model is "track everyone everywhere," the math gets scary fast!

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/07/10/2056216/german-court-rules-meta-tracking-tech-violates-eu-privacy-laws

Ireland launches a second probe into TikTok data flows to China.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched a fresh inquiry into TikTok's transfers of personal data to Chinese servers, following on from its investigation that led to a €530 million fine against the company in April.

The inquiry focuses on whether TikTok has complied with its obligations under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250710-ireland-launches-a-second-probe-into-tiktok-data-flows-to-china?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

"DeepSeek could soon disappear from Apple and Google's official app stores in Germany as data protection officials accuse the Chinese chatbot of alleged privacy violations.

"DeepSeek's transfer of user data to China is unlawful," said Berlin Data Protection Commissioner Meike Kamp, in an official announcement dated June 27, 2025. Kamp has called on the Big Tech giant to consider blocking the app in the country.

Another EU member, Italy, already banned Deepseek from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store in January 2025 over similar grounds. The block was enforced about a week after the release of the ChatGPT rival.

According to German authorities, the company behind DeepSeek AI (Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd) violates Art. 46 (1) of the GDPR, which rules the need for "appropriate safeguards" when transferring EU citizens' personal data to a third country.

According to Kamp, DeepSeek failed to convince German officials that users' data is protected when these details are transferred to China, as expected by EU laws."

https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/deepseek-faces-ban-in-germany-as-privacy-watchdog-reports-the-app-to-google-and-apple-as-illegal-content

Potentially groundbreaking court ruling against #Meta:

"A German court has ruled that Meta must pay €5,000 to a #Facebook user who sued the platform for embedding #tracking in third-party websites."

"This may very well be one of the most substantial rulings coming out of Europe this year, ... €5,000 in damages for one visitor adds up quickly if you have tens of thousands of visitors, or even millions."

https://therecord.media/german-court-meta-tracking-tech

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Out-of-office replies might be piling up, but the fight for #DigitalRights never clocks out.

Before the #EDRigram goes on summer break, here's a packed edition for you:

Resisting EU's #deregulation agenda that is threatening the #GDPR & #AIAct
@bitsoffreedom's new research on manipulative design by online platforms
Call for sessions for #PrivacyCamp25 is now open

https://edri.org/our-work/edri-gram-10-july-2025/

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With this money, #Nvidia is going to set up a recycling scheme for their old HW #ecology, and pay copyrights to artists associations for the data they have plundered? #copyrights #GDPR #transparency #LOL

Anywyay, it looks to me like yet another monopoly; again I am not a serious economist with diplomas, ethics, etc #business #regulation #EU

Nvidia clinches historic $4 trillion market value on AI dominance
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/nvidia-becomes-first-company-clinch-4-trillion-market-value-2025-07-09/

NEW European Parliament report:

"As the USA pressures the EU to adopt a more lenient regulatory stance, and industry voices call for a wider review of the #GDPR, the #UK's experience offers cautionary lessons. Any broader reform effort that is not carefully designed and fails to account for the public's strong data protection expectations will likely face significant opposition from civil society."
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2025)775856

Find daily new #GDPR decisions from across Europe for free on GDPRhub.eu! Read and edit this decision from the United Kingdom at https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=ICO_(UK)_-_23andMe_Inc&mtm_campaign=hubasmma Thousands of experts also signed up to our free newsletter already: https://newsletter.noyb.eu/pf/433/5gqtL #DSGVO

ALT: New decision from the United Kingdom: The DPA fined the genetic testing company 23andMe GBP 2.31 million (€2.7 million) for failing to secure UK users’ health and genetic data, following a large-scale cyber attack.