Dropbox thoughtfully added an enabled-by-default setting that shares Dropbox data with OpenAI, but its reception fell flat on social media. Seems people weren’t very reassured by the company’s explanation the data wouldn’t be used to train AI and would be deleted in one-months’ time.
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) stood up (by a narrow margin) to opposition by a group of senators looking to block stricter breach regulations on the telecom industry. The new regulation will require telecoms to notify customers, law enforcement agencies and the FCC about data breaches within 30 days.
Cambodia may be the next Southeast Asian country to have a privacy law. However, a draft copy obtained by news venue, Nikkei Asia is raising fears the legislation may actually put personal data at increased risk and empower the government and companies to share data without consent.
Google lashed out at the Department of Justice’s threat to break up the company, calling the proposals “radical.” Among other things, Google says the proposals would threaten users’ privacy, stifle innovation and break Android and Chrome. Given the appeals process, it will likely be years before we know whether Google will stay in one piece.