The FTC's complaint, filed in January 2025, detailed how GM, through OnStar's "Smart Driver" feature, allegedly collected precise geolocation and driving behavior data every three seconds.
CNBC reports that California Attorney General Rob Bonta has launched an investigation into Elon Musk's xAI following the use of the Grok AI tool to facilitate the sweeping generation and posting of sexualized images using real people's photos without their consent.
The breach, which occurred in October 2024, compromised the personal data of over 24 million individuals, including sensitive financial information like IBANs, The Register reports.
The nation's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) has issued new guidelines requiring all crypto entities serving Indian residents, including those operating offshore, to register and disclose specific officer details, business locations, and ownership information.
The California Privacy Protection Agency has banned Texas-based marketing firm Rickenbacher Data LLC, which operates as Datamasters, from selling Californians' personal data after peddling information from millions of individuals with medical conditions for targeted advertising purposes, BleepingComputer reports.
Google and Apple have been urged by Senate Democrats Ron Wyden of Oregon, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, and Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico to remove the X and Grok apps owned by Elon Musk's xAI firm following the involvement of the Grok AI tool in the unconsented creation of sexualized deepfake images, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
The University of Hawaii has disclosed an August ransomware intrusion that compromised Cancer Center study participants' personal data, including their Social Security numbers, only last month, which is way past the 20-day breach reporting deadline under state law, reports The Associated Press.
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