Duncan Smith

8 Million Users' AI Conversations Sold for Profit by

"Remember, if it's free, your personal data is the price".

If you use the browser extension 'Urban VPN Proxy' in conjunction with AI platforms, you MUST read this.

www.koi.ai/blog/urban-v...

Agreed. Is there some measure of when you are being exploited as a colony or just a weaker trading partner? Apologies for my lack of historical knowledge; feeling my way here.

Luis. Missed a decision. Glitch in the matrix. :)

Is this only exploitation if the data is ‘personal’. Perhaps this is a question about the technical ability (and financial motivation/desire) to anonymise health data?

I believe this will only grow. I think RayBan may ‘woe the day’ they jumped into bed with Meta.

Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act Today, the Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Today’s 120 million euro fine against X under the Digital Services Act (DSA) will be spun as a decision against “free speech.” It’s not. (1/7) #digitalservicesact #dsa #dsa ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

I missed this decision.

The General Court ruled that the controller’s employees cannot be regarded as ‘recipients’, as referred to in Article 15(1) of the GDPR. See curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

How does this work when some countries are banning social media for U16s? Perhaps we should teach children the benefits of ‘avatar’ accounts and uBlock Origin?

Viral Facebook pension posts get maths wrong again – Full Fact Widely shared social media posts about state pensions misunderstand how they work and get their sums wrong.

Viral social media posts have made a number of claims about how pension contributions are saved and spent.

But their sums are wrong, and they misunderstand how the state pension works.

To be fair, I agree with keeping damages low/none where people are just ‘chancing’ their arm. But .. it should be recognised that there is a real emotional drain when, for example, there is a loss of services due to data breach, even if for a short period of time.

I wonder what the quantum of damages will be? It may be non material damage, but what risk to the controller? The UK has set (case law) quite low expectations in terms of financial compensation for such damages.

Digital Omnibus Day!
If you're a DPO spanning UK and EU digital realms, DUAA statistical cookies will have been giving you a headache.

Now, it looks like we can co-ordinate on deployment of our #CMP and have one set of #analytics cookies drop regardless of where the site visitor is from.

Copyright Winter is Coming (to Wikipedia?) This is a guest post by Matthew Sag, Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory University Law School. It was originally posted here, a…

Wikipedia and ChatGPT at risk from ‘controversial’ ruling about book summaries and copyright infringement

www.authorsalliance.org/2025/11/10/c...

Tanzer v. Salesforce, Inc., 3:25-cv-08862 - CourtListener.com Docket for Tanzer v. Salesforce, Inc., 3:25-cv-08862 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.

One to watch in the ongoing AI versus Copyright laws

red panda, Book3 and other illegal book sources involved.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71662...

Ad Tech Briefing: Digital Omnibus is about to land — here’s what it means for GDPR, and the future of ad targeting Europe's Digital Omnibus could redefine data rules — and shift power in digital advertising.

EU about to trash its digital human rights legacy; even trades see Digital Omnibus as "not just a tune-up — it is a broad re-opening of Europe’s privacy framework...[will] Accelerate AI-driven optimization and targeting...more processing could occur without explicit consent." bit.ly/4pfJZou

Masters of Privacy | Sergio Maldonado | Substack Interviews and updates at the intersection of marketing, data, privacy, and technology. With an eye on a human-centric, demand-led future in which transparency, control, and personal agency play a cru...

“I wish I had done that”. Can I recommend the podcast ‘Masters of Privacy’. I’d be churlish not to :)

Great content that resonates with my ‘world’ and perhaps yours too.

Now to think about some great content to get invited on to the show.

www.mastersofprivacy.com?utm_medium=p...

France creative sector brings copyright action against Meta under EU AI Act Several French publishing associations filed a joint legal complaint on Wednesday against Meta for its alleged unauthorized use of copyrighted work to train its generative artificial intelligence, con...

AI and Copyright still have a long way to go before we have an agreed position. Here's the latest challenge under French jurisdiction to follow.

www.jurist.org/news/2025/03...

Honda Settles With CPPA Over Privacy Violations

cppa.ca.gov/announcement...

A long road ahead, but promising?

Thanks for the heads up! Is there a link to where I can download a pdf? The ‘reader’ is tricky to use.

UK House of Lords debate this month very clear that Copyright and AI was an opt-in issue, not opt-out. Is the UK set to become a global safe-haven for creative development?

Opinion — Rep. Monique Priestley and Caitriona Fitzgerald: Why data privacy is the key to unlocking affordability We need to demand transparency, accountability and, ultimately, control over our data.

"The national conversation has rightly focused on affordability. But these conversations are incomplete without addressing one of the root causes: the unchecked collection, use and sale of our personal data"

@caitrionafitz.bsky.social & @mepriestley.bsky.social's op-ed: vtdigger.org/2025/02/04/r...

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‘… the large scale theft of property rights’.

Great insight to the view that IP and copyright laws do not need to be adapted to AI, rather AI needs to adapt to well-established, ‘gold standard’, copyright regimes. Her amendments will ensure this is the case!

Baroness Kidron doing a great job of protecting children’s IP in the #DUABill

No forced EdTech consent please!!

Heaven forbid my ‘scribbles’ on the ‘Wyf of Bathe’ ends up in a GenAI tool 🤣

Further checks of Data (Use and Access) Bill on Lords agenda Members discuss digital identification documents as report stage begins. Catch up

📃 In bills, members asked the government to think again on data collection by public bodies, cyber security, and scientific research exceptions for data reuse.

🔽 Find out more about the #DataBill
www.parliament.uk/business/new...

ICO’s just published its guidelines on “Consent or Pay” models. See ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...

It's a little off topic (privacy and all that) but those who know; know. Mishell's thread was a genuine 'uplift' in my day. Maybe in yours too?

Got me thinking about the definition of profiteering and what is unreasonable or unethical? In capitalist societies, do we codify this in some way or is it just a moral compass/gut feeling kind of thing? Astute timing and recognition of a supply/demand opportunity are the stuff of MBAs.

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Feeling powerless? Yeh, me too. Perhaps reposting sites like this will help fullfact.org/latest/