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.”
Just over one-third of marketers plan to either buy a new CDP (21%) or replace an existing one (13%) this year, according to this Optimove survey. Unfortunately, it doesn’t report how many have a CDP already in place, which would put the other values in perspective. It does seem that CDPs are a relatively low priority: they rank sixth on the list of new systems and eighth on the list of systems to replace.