Data broker Whitepages has been sued by a retired West Virginia police officer in a class action after it allegedly published his home address, which constitutes a violation of the state's 2021 statute that prohibits the disclosure of addresses and phone numbers from active and retired law enforcement personnel.
Clearview AI committed significant violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation after establishing the database without properly notifying individuals whose images were included, said the DPA, which could impose an additional $5.6 million fine on the firm should it continue GDPR nonadherence.
Aside from pushing for risk-baed planning and data status monitoring among network operators, such guidance has also recommended the adoption and deployment of "current commercially-viable Internet routing security technologies" among service providers that are contracted by the federal government.