In Brief: Chegg gets wrist slap from FTC
The ed tech company, which had repeated security breaches since 2017 that allowed sensitive data of millions of student users vulnerable to exposure, has been ordered to tighten security.
The ed tech company, which had repeated security breaches since 2017 that allowed sensitive data of millions of student users vulnerable to exposure, has been ordered to tighten security.
Italy’s regulator, the Guarantor for the Protection of Personal Data (GPDP), has ordered US-based AI chatbot maker, Replika to stop processing Italian user data because of risks the technology can pose to minors and to some adults. The freemium app offers ‘virtual friendship’ via AI avatars trained to foster human engagement. Concerns include that some content is not age-appropriate for children, that children and emotionally vulnerable adults could develop addiction to the app, and that users will be encouraged to spend lots of money on avatar development.
DSPM systems, according to Gartner, are systems that “provide visibility on where sensitive data is located, who has access to it and what the security posture of the data store or application is.”
Martech keeps taking larger bites out of marketing budgets: 17.3% last year, 19.9% this year, 23.5% next year, and 30.9% five years from now, according to the latest CMO Survey. This despite barely more than half (56.4%) of current tools being used and nearly half (48.8%) of the survey respondents reporting worse-than-expected results. Oddly enough, marketers rate selecting marketing technologies as the thing they do best.