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PETALING JAYA: Reaffirming their commitment to protecting customer privacy, telcos say data shared with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is strictly anonymised.
Last week, users raised concerns over data privacy and security after reports about the MPD collection initiative emerged.
HANOI: The Ministry of Public Security on Saturday (May 24) called for strict penalties to prevent the emergence of a black market for personal data, warning that treating such data like ordinary goods could open the door to widespread cybercrime.
BANGKOK: The Office of the Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC Office) has urged Foodpanda to submit a data protection plan before its Thailand exit on May 23 to prevent customer and partner data leaks.
(Reuters) -The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is scrapping a proposal issued under former President Joe Biden that would have sharply limited the sale of Americans' private information by "data brokers," according to a Federal Register notice issued Wednesday.
PUTRAJAYA: Security guards do not have the authority or right to request, hold or scan Malaysian identity cards (MyKad), says the National Registration Department (NRD).
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's data regulator on Friday said it had opened an investigation into social media platform X over the use of personal data collected from European Union users to train its AI system Grok.
MILAN (Reuters) -Italy's data protection agency has fined the developer of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot company Replika 5 million euros ($5.64 million) for breaching rules designed to protect users' personal data, the authority said on Monday.
ChatGPT is popular for getting answers on a range of topics in a fun, personalized way but be careful not to input too much confidential data when using the program, as this could be used to feed the models of the generative artificial intelligence giant.
A privacy campaign group filed a complaint on April 24 with authorities in Austria against video game giant Ubisoft, accusing the Assassin's Creed publisher of illegally collecting users' personal data.
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's data protection authority on Monday said new downloads of the Chinese AI app DeepSeek had been suspended in the country after DeepSeek acknowledged failing to take into account some of the agency's rules on protecting personal data.
The ministry also plans to intensify raids based on data breach and cyber incidents complaints at organisations and companies that process personal data for commercial transaction
(Reuters) -Britain's privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office, on Monday launched an investigation into how TikTok, Reddit and online image sharing website Imgur safeguard children's privacy.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Brunei has launched a new initiative called Waspada.bn, a fact-checking platform allowing the public to verify information and news circulated on social media, a government minister has announced.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France's privacy watchdog said on Thursday it will question DeepSeek to gain a better idea of how the Chinese startup's AI system works and any possible privacy risks for users.
(Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived a proposed data privacy class action against Shopify, a decision that could make it easier for American courts to assert jurisdiction over internet-based platforms.
KUALA LUMPUR: Amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 are being made due to the rapid technological advancements, which require society to rely on digital platforms for business purposes while also expecting protection, said Gobind Singh Deo.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -In a first, the EU General Court ruled on Wednesday that the European Commission must pay damages to a German citizen for failing to comply with its own data protection regulations.
