Microsoft Cloud is now hosting DeepSeek AI model, even though its suspected of illegal data abuse
Redmond is reportedly investigating whether the model "distilled" output from ChatGPT
Data collection articles
California governor demonstrates wishy-washy stance on digital consumer rights
Signs law to ease subscription cancelation, while vetoing a bill to allow consumers to opt-out of data collection
FTC targets Mastercard in major investigation into AI-based surveillance pricing
You could be paying more than your neighbor for the same product from the same vendor
Apple, Nvidia, and others trained their AI on YouTube content without user consent or knowledge
Just another case in a long line of IP theft by Big AI
Even staunch fans are calling out Apple's less-than-transparent AI training data harvesting
It claims most training samples are Apple-owned, but what about the rest?
Clearview AI wants to pay Americans pennies in company equity for violating their privacy
WTF?! The endlessly beleaguered facial recognition company Clearview AI is making news again. However, it's not over the startup's image scraping practices, which are questionable at best. This time, the company is attempting to keep itself out of bankruptcy by offering millions of plaintiffs in a privacy class action a stake in the company worth about 30 cents per claimant after lawyer fees.
Economic desperation drives 500,000 Argentinians to Sam Altman's Worldcoin crypto project
Would you trade your biometric data for $50 of crypto?
EU Commission bans TikTok from employee devices over cybersecurity fears
TikTok says the ban "is misguided and based on fundamental misconceptions"
Biden slams Big Tech's worst practices in State of the Union address
"Capitalism without competition is not capitalism; it is exploitation"
In brief: President Joe Biden gave the State of the Union address yesterday, setting his sights on some of tech companies' worst practices: excessive data collection, ads that target children, and monopolistic corporations that engage in anti-competitive behavior.
Facebook may have collected some of your IRS filing data if you used an online tax services
Ain't nothin' sacred anymore!
American Airlines deployed bot detectors to cripple an app its flight attendants find vital for their work
The data the app uses is available on public-facing websites
TikTok and others scrape your data, whether you use their apps or not
TikTok doesn't have as many trackers out there as Google and Facebook, but its ad platform is young
Facebook users are suing Meta for tracking them through a loophole on iOS
Meta insists that there is no merit behind the claims
Amazon will share shopping data about its grocery store customers with advertisers
Amazon promises that the data will be anonymized
Google Play Store's labels will become more descriptive, but not necessarily more truthful
Android to receive Apple App Store-style privacy nutrition labels
Facebook's top apps tie for having the least respect for privacy
Facebook, Messager, and Instagram all collect the maximum amount of data allowable on iPhones
Gmail and Facebook are first and third most popular iOS apps collecting personal information
So far there has still been no Facebook 'adpocalypse'
Germany issues emergency data collection ban against Facebook over WhatsApp rules [Updated]
Privacy watchdog is calling on GDPR regulators to enforce an EU-wide ban
Google finally updated Gmail's App Store entry with privacy 'nutrition labels'
It still has at least seven others that don't have data collection information listed
Facebook tells WhatsApp users its data collection isn't so bad
'[We] cannot see your private messages or hear your calls'
WhatsApp is forcing users to share data with Facebook, unless you're living in the EU
Surrender your personal data, or else
None of Google's apps have been updated since before Apple's privacy rules took effect
How long can it go without updating its iPhone apps?
Apple will implement privacy 'nutrition labels' three weeks earlier than expected
Starting December 8, developers are required to provide tracking information to users
Chrome privacy 'bug' clears website data and cookies except for Google-owned websites
It's not a bug; it's a feature
Google reportedly monitored data from rival Android services to build new apps
"Android Lockbox" may be the company's way to spy on its rivals