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Google Play users will begin to see reflected changes in their app's store listing in early 2024. News 

Google’s new policy allows users to remove their account information from the app

Adriana Marais, ,

Google has introduced a new “data deletion policy” aimed at giving users more clarity and control over their in-app data, requiring Android apps to allow users to delete their accounts from the app and the web. “For apps that allow the creation of an app account, developers will soon have to provide the ability to initiate account and data deletion in the app and online,” Google said in a blog post. According to the company, the goal of the change is to “better educate” users about managing their data and…

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ChatGPT has an “absence of any legal basis that justifies the massive collection and storage of personal data” to “train” the chatbot, Garante said News 

Italy blocks ChatGPT and begins investigation into privacy issues

Febin Mathew, , ,

Italy’s data protection authority temporarily banned OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot on Friday and launched an investigation into the AI app’s suspected violation of data collection rules. The agency, also known as Garante, accused Microsoft-backed ChatGPT of failing to verify the age of users 13 and older. ChatGPT “has no legal basis to justify the massive collection and storage of personal data” to “train” the chatbot, Garante said. OpenAI has 20 days to respond to the remedies or face a fine of up to 4% of its annual global revenue. OpenAI did…

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Meta Platforms Inc said on Thursday it would change the legal basis on how Facebook and Instagram use personal data to target advertising in the European Union. News 

Meta changes the rules for EU users for better use of personal data

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Meta Platforms Inc said on Thursday it would change the legal basis for how Facebook and Instagram use personal data to target advertising in the European Union, after the bloc’s data protection authority fined it in January for alleged violations. Meta said the change will give EU users more options in how their data is handled and is not expected to affect the company’s lucrative targeted advertising in the region. Ireland’s data protection commissioner fined the social media giant 390 million euros ($425.72 million) earlier this year, saying it cannot…

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Bard AI has been a slowly entrant in the AI Chatbot race as ChatGPT continues to evolve and get the numbers. News 

Google’s AI Chatbot uses your Gmail data for training? Google says no

Adriana Marais, , ,

Google continues to face tough questions about its Bard AI chatbot after it was alleged that the company is using private Gmail data to train the chatbot. Concerns were raised recently when a researcher using the Bard AI chatbot asked where it gets its training data, to which the AI chatbot said internal data from Gmail. Now Google has quashed those worries. Google has been quoted by The Register as saying that it will not train its AI chatbot to access text from private Gmail accounts. The company suggested that…

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The latest updates for the affected apps can be downloaded from the Microsoft Store by clicking Library, then clicking Get updates. News 

Microsoft releases an update to fix a screenshot editing vulnerability in Windows

Adriana Marais, , ,

Microsoft has released an update to fix a screenshot editing vulnerability in Windows 10 and 11 that could allow threat actors to restore edited portions of screenshots. According to The Verge, a security issue dubbed “aCropalypsi” could allow threat actors to recover edited portions of screenshots, potentially revealing sensitive information that was cropped out or masked. According to Microsoft, the problem affects both the Snip & Sketch application in Windows 10 and the Snipping Tool in Windows 11. However, it only applies to photos made through a very precise set…

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The company said it has reached out to notify affected users that their payment information may have been exposed. News 

ChatGPT bug may have exposed some users’ payment information: OpenAI

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ChatGPT creator OpenAI has admitted that some users’ payment information may have been exposed earlier this week when it took ChatGPT offline due to a bug. According to the company, the Microsoft-owned company took ChatGPT offline due to a bug in the open source library that allowed some users to see items from another active user’s chat history. “It is also possible that the first message of a newly created conversation appeared in someone else’s chat history if both users were active around the same time,” the company said. The…

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Police in Cyberabad arrested seven members of a gang involved in stealing and selling sensitive data, including information on 2.55 lakh defence personnel and personal data from 16.8 crore citizens. The breach poses a risk to national security. News 

Massive Data Breach, Data of 1.2 Million WhatsApp Users, Data of 2.55 Million Defense Personnel, 16.8 Cr Citizen Leak, Gang Arrested: Cyberabad Police

Jim Hendler, , ,

The Cyberabad police here unearthed a massive data breach with national security implications and arrested seven people from a gang allegedly involved in stealing and selling sensitive information of the government and important organizations, including that of 2.55 lakh defense personnel. as personal and confidential information of approximately 16.8 million citizens across the country. The accused persons were found to be selling over 140 different types of information containing sensitive information such as details of defense personnel and mobile numbers of citizens and NEET students among others, Cyberabad Superintendent of…

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TikTok CEO claims that the company will never share US user data with China. However, the ban seems imminent for TikTok more than ever before. News 

Will never share US user data with China: TikTok CEO

Febin Mathew, , ,

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, testifying before the US Congress for the first time, has said that the short-form video-making platform will never share US user data with China. However, Congress seems more determined to ban TikTok than ever. Chew, who appeared before dozens of members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee late Thursday, offered assurances that the company would improve privacy and avoid “unauthorized foreign access” to US user data, TechCrunch reported. “I understand there are concerns based on inaccurate beliefs that TikTok’s corporate structure is doing it…

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The bug allowed people to see conversations from other people in their history bar. News 

OpenAI Chief Confirms ChatGPT Bug Leaked User Chats: Learn More

Febin Mathew, , , ,

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has confirmed that a bug in ChatGPT leaked user data, and says the company feels “terrible” and the problem has now been fixed. ChatGPT has attracted a lot of attention and this is a worrying development that has made some headlines. But such cases are difficult to remove for millions of users of the platform. Data leaks are a serious problem, and when you’re conversing with AI Chatbots with random and personal questions, the last thing you want is for all that information to be publicly…

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