A security lapse at a leading school safety company that exposed millions of sensitive records online — including districts’ active-shooter response plans, students’ medical records and court documents about child abuse — has revived criticism that an industry student privacy pledge fails to police bad actors. In response to an inquiry by The 74, the […]
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I flew 13 hours in business class on Air India from New York to Delhi. The seat was awkward and offered no privacy, but it wasn’t as bad as I feared.
My 13-hour flight in Air India’s legacy Boeing 777 business class offered a lot of legroom but barely any privacy.Taylor Rains/Business Insider Air India has a reputation as having an awkward business-class product with regularly broken seats. Though the airline is introducing better products, the old seat will fly until at least 2025. I tried […]
ChatGPT violated European privacy laws, Italy tells chatbot maker OpenAI
Italian regulators have said they told OpenAI that its ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot has violated the European Union’s stringent data privacy rules. The country’s data protection authority, known as Garante, said it notified San Francisco-based OpenAI of breaches of the EU rules, known as General Data Protection Regulation. The watchdog started investigating ChatGPT last year, […]
Lawyer analyzes privacy risks, state control in new online system for military conscription records
On Jan. 16 the Ukrainian parliament adopted a bill that will provide for the digitalization of military registration and the ability to obtain a military service record online. The document still needs to be signed by the President of Ukraine or the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada to come into force. NV consulted with lawyer […]
Microsoft lets cloud users keep personal data in Europe to ease privacy fears
Microsoft said it is upgrading its cloud computing service to let customers store all personal data within the European Union instead of having it flow to the US where national privacy laws do not exist. The changes apply to services including Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365, the Seattle-based technology company said. Cloud […]
Microsoft lets cloud users keep personal data in Europe to ease privacy fears
Microsoft said it is upgrading its cloud computing service to let customers store all personal data within the European Union instead of having it flow to the US where national privacy laws do not exist. The changes apply to services including Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365, the Seattle-based technology company said. Cloud […]
Google settles $5 billion privacy lawsuit over tracking people using ‘incognito mode’
FILE – The Google app icon is seen on a smartphone, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. Google agreed Thursday, Dec. 28, to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit claiming that it continued spying on people who used the “incognito” mode in its Chrome browser — along with similar “private browsing” modes in […]
India passes telecom law paving the way for Musk’s Starlink amid privacy concerns
India’s parliament has passed a telecommunications bill that replaces its century-old rules as the country, with over 1.17 billion telephone connections and 881 million internet subscribers, aims to modernize connectivity and embrace new services including satellite broadband, just months before general elections. On Thursday, the upper house of the Indian parliament approved the Telecommunications Bill, […]