Tag: data protection
Alibaba’s AI model released to the public
Alibaba The group wants to focus more on artificial intelligence. (Photo: AP) Shanghai After the release of several Chinese ChatGPT rivals, Alibaba’s language model is now apparently also receiving the…
The EU Commission is fueling concerns about the requirement to use real names online
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Critics fear that the Commission’s plans will result in a “real name requirement through the back door”. (Photo: dpa) Berlin There is resistance…
Schufa tenant information available under a different name
The Bonify app On Monday afternoon, the Schufa service could not be reached via the app. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Germany’s largest credit agency, Schufa, presented a new service last week…
The federal government and the EU reject compensation for mobile phone companies in the case of a Huawei ban
5G mast in Düsseldorf The federal government sees no basis for compensating network operators if Chinese components are banned. (Photo: Bloomberg) Berlin, Brussels For a long time it was only…
The federal government and the EU reject compensation for mobile phone companies in the case of a Huawei ban
5G mast in Düsseldorf The federal government sees no basis for compensating network operators if Chinese components are banned. (Photo: Bloomberg) Berlin, Brussels For a long time it was only…
Consumers now have free access to their “Score”
Wiesbaden Consumers can now check their creditworthiness at any time. Because the data on creditworthiness stored by the Schufa can now be viewed online free of charge. A new Schufa…
Federal data protection officer Kelber speaks out in favor of “Quick Freeze”.
Federal Data Protection Commissioner Ulrich Kelber The Federal Data Protection Commissioner considers Quick Freeze to be the “less intrusive” variant than storing IP addresses without cause. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The…
US antitrust authorities are allegedly investigating ChatGPT maker OpenAI
OpenAI founder Sam Altman So-called generative AI is trained with vast amounts of data, which are often gathered on the Internet. (Photo: REUTERS) Dusseldorf According to media reports, the US…
US antitrust authorities are allegedly investigating ChatGPT maker OpenAI
OpenAI founder Sam Altman So-called generative AI is trained with vast amounts of data, which are often gathered on the Internet. (Photo: REUTERS) Washington According to a newspaper report, the…
Thousands of companies could be affected
security breach The IT security service provider Emsisoft currently counts more than 260 organizations from which Clop claims to have stolen data. (Photo: IMAGO/Zoonar) Dusseldorf Global corporations such as Sony…
Thousands of companies could be affected
security breach The IT security service provider Emsisoft currently counts more than 260 organizations from which Clop claims to have stolen data. (Photo: IMAGO/Zoonar) Dusseldorf Global corporations such as Sony…
Amazon files lawsuit against tightened EU regulation
Amazon In addition to Zalando and Amazon, the EU also rates the iPhone provider Apple and the Internet group Google as “Very Large Online Platforms” (VLOP). (Photo: IMAGO/Lobeca) Brussels After…
EU Commission declares data protection in the USA to be sufficient
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Von der Leyen and US President Joe Biden announced an agreement in principle on data protection issues in spring 2022. (Photo: dpa) Brussels…
N26 collects information about its own users
N26 logo Customers currently have to answer a few questions from the smartphone bank. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt N26 currently seems to be catching up on what the Berlin smartphone bank…
How Three Tons of Gold Disappeared: The PIM Gold Scandal
Dusseldorf Almost three tons of gold, a value of over 150 million euros – simply disappeared. The precious metal should have been safe behind locked vault doors at PIM Gold…
Cyber crime is causing a boom in law firms
Dusseldorf Around 40 terabytes of data from the Dax group Continental fell into the hands of cyber criminals in the summer of 2022. For a month, the Lockbit extortion group…
Economy complains about expensive proliferation of data protection regulations
Berlin After five years of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the EU set of standards with its 99 articles and 173 recitals is still giving the economy a hard…
Sparkasse subsidiary has been struggling with the consequences of a hacker attack for almost a week
German leasing A hacker attack has paralyzed Deutsche Leasing – and has been for several days. (Photo: Deutsche Leasing) Frankfurt The leasing subsidiary of the German savings banks has been…
Sparkasse subsidiary has been struggling with the consequences of a hacker attack for almost a week
German leasing A hacker attack has paralyzed Deutsche Leasing – and has been for several days. (Photo: Deutsche Leasing) Frankfurt The leasing subsidiary of the German savings banks has been…
“Risk to collective security”: EU urges Huawei to be kicked out
Thierry Breton The EU Commissioner has asked the heads of the major mobile phone providers to Brussels. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels, Berlin It was a meeting at the highest level, both…