EPIC News Roundup
Two weeks into April, EPIC has been fighting against Big Government and Big Tech’s attacks on #DataPrivacy and #CivilRights 
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Meta Resumes AI Training in Europe: A New Era for Data Privacy and AI Development
Meta's announcement to resume AI training using content from European users marks a significant shift in the intersection of data privacy and artificial intelligence. With stringent compliance to EU l...
I paid attention to the #InfoSec and #DataPrivacy news over the weekend so you wouldn't have to! Read this April 11-13 weekend news roundup from Sherpa Intelligence, "What'd I Miss?"
Read - Share - Subscribe! https://sherpaintelligence.substack.com/p/whatd-i-miss-april-11-13-2025
Palantir, cofounded by Peter Thiel, is helping Elon Musk’s DOGE to build a new “mega API” for accessing Internal Revenue Service records.
https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-doge-irs-mega-api-data/ #Palantir #DOGE #Musk #IRS #DataPrivacy #Government
WIRED · Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project
https://www.europesays.com/1994934/ Tim Richardson joins InfoSum as first NZ team member #auckland #Data&Insights #DataPrivacy #HavasMediaGroup #InfoSum #JobMoves #NewZealand #NewZealand(NZ) #NZME #Stuff #TradeMe #WPP
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If only there were some example of how well government back doors work for security technology...
"The Clipper chip was a chipset that was developed and promoted by the United States National Security Agency (NSA) as an encryption device that secured 'voice and data messages' with a built-in backdoor that was intended to 'allow Federal, State, and local law enforcement officials the ability to decode intercepted voice and data transmissions.' It was intended to be adopted by telecommunications companies for voice transmission. Introduced in 1993, it was entirely defunct by 1996."
en.wikipedia.orgClipper chip - Wikipedia
Irish DPC launches Grok LLM training inquiry https://ppc.land/irish-dpc-launches-grok-llm-training-inquiry/ #AI #GDPR #DataPrivacy #Ireland #DataProtection
https://www.europesays.com/1991260/ Irish regulator investigates X over use of EU personal data to train Grok AI | Technology News #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DataPrivacy #DataProtection #ElonMusk #EuropeanUnion(EU) #ireland
EUROPE SAYS · Irish regulator investigates X over use of EU personal data to train Grok AI | Technology News - EUROPE SAYSIreland’s data regulator on Friday said it had opened an investigation into social media platform X over the use of personal data collected from European
Trump Wants to Merge Government Data. Here Are 314 Things It Might Know About You.
Elon Musk’s team is leading an effort to link government databases, to the alarm of privacy and security experts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/politics/trump-musk-data-access.html
The New York Times · How Musk and Trump Are Working to Consolidate Government Data About You
"Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project
For the past three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers, have been collaborating to build a 'mega API,' WIRED has learned."
Makena Kelly
Politics
Apr 11, 2025 5:27 PM
(link around paywall; please subscribe to Wired if able)
#DataPrivacy and #InfoSec vs #ElonMusk and #PeterTheil
In your experience, which of these breaks apps/websites the most? (For example, the app freezes or crashes.)
https://www.europesays.com/1987526/ Elon Musk’s X is under investigation by Ireland’s privacy watchdog over its use of personal data to train Grok AI #A.I. #DataPrivacy #ElonMusk #ireland #TwitterStock #X
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Google is accused of illegally collecting students' data.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/class-action/google-hit-with-privacy-suit-over-data-collection-on-school-kids #Google #DataPrivacy #Privacy #Lawsuit #Children
news.bloomberglaw.com · Google Hit With Lawsuit Over Data Collection on School Kids (1)
The countdown to the weekend begins with #FiveForFriday! 
Get five #InfoSec or #DataPrivacy items you may have missed in the #news this past week from Sherpa Intelligence: Your Guide Up a Mountain of Information!
Read, Subscribe, Share! 5-4-Friday
https://sherpaintelligence.substack.com/p/five-for-friday-11-april-2025
Travelers should prepare for the possibility of extra scrutiny of their phones while crossing borders, especially when entering the United States. @AssociatedPress has tips on protecting your device's privacy while travelling. #iPhone #Android #DataPrivacy #ICE #CyberSecurity https://flip.it/ixLFJC
It would appear that it is yet again time to update my ever-expanding list of things the current administration does that would get me, someone who works in privacy, fired immediately:
New:
-Violating minimization principles by collating data from otherwise unrelated databases.
-Failing to maintain and transmit data in ways that limit linkability.
-Using data for purposes other than those disclosed to the data subject at time of collection.
#privacy
#dataprivacy
#minimzation
#surveillance
#databreach
#facepalm
Have you migrated to a non-US instance yet?
Attackers claim they have their hands on a whopping 70 million lines of GrubHub's data, including millions of hashed passwords, phone numbers, and email addresses.
#cybersecurity #cyberattack #dataprivacy #datasecurity #GrubHub
This is the story in the book, "Zed" by Joanna Kavenna, I just read. It did not go well! Privacy, surveillance, dystopian, nightmare. What a world, man! Re-fucking-diculous!
The Guardian · UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill