The data of 2.9 billion people is at risk from one of the largest-ever breaches. This is due to a hack of data records provider, National Public Data, a company that specializes in background checks and fraud prevention. The hacker group offered the international data on the dark web for ~$3.5 million, and the compromised data includes names, addresses and social security numbers.
Only 13% of companies restrict the corporate data that can be used in AI models and over 30% have no restrictions at all on users, apps or data, according to this Komprise survey of 300 global enterprise IT leaders. Nearly one-third (32%) are building proprietary learning models. In part it’s a staffing problem: 60% say they need more staff skilled in security, compliance and sensitive data.
Activist group noyb has filed complaints in Austria, Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Poland looking to force Elon Musk’s X to suspend or restrict processing the personal data of EU user posts to AI-train Grok. The complaints were filed because the group felt Ireland’s Data Protection Committee (DPC) wasn’t getting to the core of the problem to ensure X will be fully investigated for GDPR compliance.
Customer data and audience management platform Omeda is announcing a new integration with Shopify. This means order, product, and customer data from Shopify being imported directly into Omeda. Users will be able to see Shopify transaction activity in real time, use Omeda Audience Search to view customer order history from a connected Shopify store and use Omeda Audience Builder to create target audiences based on Shopify trends and behavior.