China’s chatbot DeepSeek which has been making EU countries nervous about its data collection practices, is being investigated by South Korea’s data protection authority for passing data to Chinese companies.
However, automaker BMW just announced it’s collaborating with DeepSeek to integrate its AI technology for enhanced, in-car intelligence. Wow!
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Blue Shield of California has admitted to a major data breach affecting 4.7 million members. It's due to a misconfigured Google Analytics setup. Meanwhile in Connecticut, Yale New Haven Health Service suffered a big cyberattack exposing sensitive patient data including social security numbers. Also, the website for Covered California, the health exchange that covers Californians under the Affordable Care Act, has been transmitting sensitive data to LinkedIn via trackers.
New Mexico has a new privacy law going into effect this summer which bars state employees from disclosing sensitive personal data without a clearly defined need. The Nondisclosure of Sensitive Personal Information Act will be applicable to insurers, contractors and government service providers who will be liable for civil penalties and criminal sanctions if the data is mishandled.
Databricks is highlighting its interest in marketers through out-of-the-box integrations with partners including Adobe, Braze, Salesforce, MessageGears, and Tealium. All will be able to run campaigns using information in the Databricks data intelligence platform without data syncing or copying.