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X faces 9 GDPR complaints for training AI on EU data without consent, Columbus, Ohio police officers sue city over data breach, and Germany proposes bill allowing police to use facial recognition to identify terrorists.

A global IT outage impacts millions, Meta agrees to landmark $1.4 billion settlement over facial recognition violations, and US Senate passes COPPA 2.0 and Kids Online Safety Act.

AT&T data breaches affect millions, AI cameras are being used to curb e-scooter misuse in Melbourne, and autonomous vehicles in California raise privacy concerns.

Burglars in California are using secret cameras, Detroit police to adopt limits on facial recognition following a lawsuit, and Texas educators suffer a large-scale data breach.

Meta pauses AI training amid regulatory criticism, New York passes bill to combat addictive social media feeds for minors, and AI surveillance trials in UK train stations spark privacy criticism.

AI voice-cloning is threatening democracy, says a recent study, Facewatch is sued for a wrongful facial recognition match in the UK, and a Ticketmaster data breach exposes the data of millions of customers.

A proposed Missouri law is set to allow biometric age-verification for alcohol, the UK Conservative party self-reports to ICO over data breach, and deepfakes are having a major impact on the Indian elections.

Isle of Man schools ordered to turn off CCTV in toilets amid privacy concerns, Columbia city officials consider automatic body-worn cameras for law enforcement, and US Senators introduce AI security legislation to address emerging threats.

Target faces a class-action lawsuit over BIPA violation, the UK government plans to ban non-consensual sexual deepfake images, and the EU Data Protection Board rules against Meta’s “consent or pay” model.

US lawmakers introduce the American Privacy Rights Act, Temu promotional offer sparks data privacy concerns, and Oakland plans to install 480 new surveillance cameras to tackle crime.

The ICO launches an investigation into the Princess of Wales' health breach, the EU Parliament has passed the EU AI Act and the US Department of Transport is set to launch the first privacy review of US airlines.

Canadian Supreme Court rules on police warrants for IP addresses, Airbnb bans indoor surveillance cameras and security researchers develop an “AI worm” to exploit vulnerabilities in generative AI systems.

The EU opens a Digital Services Act probe into TikTok, an Ohio judge rules privacy law clashes with the First Amendment and Google pauses the use of generative AI chatbot due to inaccuracy criticisms.

Amazon's Ring to end police access to doorbell footage, NSA accused of acquiring Internet data without warrants and Biden administration to launch first AI Safety Consortium.

Amazon penalised for excessive employee monitoring, Australia to call for watermarking AI-generated content and US Senators call for DOJ to investigate whether facial recognition violates civil rights.

UK surveillance law updates spark controversy, Florida lawmakers look to ban children from social media and TikTok to be investigated by Australian ICO.

Bill introduced to stop TSA facial recognition use, Meta announces end-to-end encryption, and surveillance fears over climate talk.

Canadian government suffers large-scale data breach, UK House of Lords introduces AI legislation and malware and vulnerabilities found on children's tablets.

US lawmakers look to reform surveillance law, CDC to expand airport surveillance and UK Biobank accused of sharing health data with insurers.

Biden issues executive order on AI, PimEyes prevents children from being searched and 23andme suffers data breach.

ICO warns over employee monitoring, California passes Delete Act and Kensington and Chelsea trial new surveillance software.

Uber Eats delivery bot shares video footage without consent, ICO warns about data mismanagement for abuse victims and UK passes Online Safety Bill.

X to start collecting biometric data, Call of Duty to use AI to combat hate speech and NYPD faces backlash for drone use.

Northern Ireland police force suffers data breach, ICO releases guidance on biometric data and California uses AI cameras for wildfire prevention.

California reviews data collection practices for connected vehicles, Worldcoin faces privacy setbacks and Indian parliament resurfaces data protection bill.

France's new Reform Bill allows remote surveillance of suspected criminals' devices, Met Police shared sensitive crime-reporting data, and more.

FCC establishes new data protection task force, ICO warns not to rush on generative AI and Nigeria signs data protection bill.

AI surveillance is being used in US public housing, US and UK commit to a data flow agreement and Ring was fined by FTC for privacy violation.

Call for CCTV in Hong Kong schools, Texas Senate passes data privacy act and Australian Northern Territory government suffers major data breach.

WhatsApp bug recorded conversations without knowledge, UK government considers FRT in police body-worn cameras and AI decoder translates brain activity into text.