CDP Institute

Google, Amazon get $163M fine and 3 month ultimatums from CNIL France’s Data Authority, CNIL doubled its highest previous penalty and charged Google $121M, saying it does not sufficiently inform French Google users why and how cookies are used. Amazon similarly was given a $42.5M fine for putting cookies on users’ computers without consent. Both companies disagree.

Business fines to be imposed for collecting or selling.

Always-on listening & full-body health critique.

Facebook, Google and Apple are targets of EU draft legislation introduced to curb their global control. The Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA), backed by fifteen former presidents and premiers of EU states, aims to shift the power balance away from big tech.

As Covid-19 vaccines begins to roll out, the government’s Operation Warp Speed is asking states to turn over data to be stored in a new national Data Clearinghouse to help track and manage the vaccination program. Most states have agreed, but some including New York and Minnesota have raised concerns about some personal information that’s been requested. Key issues are whether data could get into the wrong hands and if what’s being collected might keep some immigrant populations from participating in the program.

Skyflow raises $17.5M in series A funding for privacy vault technology Skyflow loads sensitive customer data into a cloud-based vault so companies don’t have to store it for themselves. Information is encrypted, enabling companies can analyze it without exposing the underlying data.

Malicious employee siphoned data for 2 years.

Vienna-based watchdog FRA has requested guidance from the EU on how its current rules apply to AI for “high-risk sectors,” including healthcare and transportation. In part, the agency wants to ensure that people can approve decisions made by AI and require companies to explain how their systems utilize AI.