The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency's efforts to obtain personal data from the Social Security Administration could face the U.S. Supreme Court after Solicitor General John Sauer moved to challenge an appellate court ruling against the agency's access, FedScoop reports.
Advertising organizations, including the Interactive Advertising Bureau, are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether advertisers' online tracking tools violate the Video Privacy Protection Act, MediaPost reports. The coalition of advertisers argued, "repurposing outdated statutes, like the VPPA, denies retailers, publishers, and advertisers fair notice of what conduct may be considered unlawful." Editor's note: The IAPP's series on U.S.
The Wall Street Journal reports the hacking group responsible for a cyberattack on Las Vegas casinos, Scattered Spider, is allegedly targeting retailers in the U.K.
Increased AI hallucinations are raising concerns about ensuring accuracy and addressing potential risks of inaccurate or biased information spread by AI tools, The New York Times reports. Okahu AI CEO Pratik Verma warned "not dealing with these errors properly basically eliminates the value of A.I. systems, which are supposed to automate tasks for you."Full story
Major U.K. retailers and grocery chains sustained cyberattacks that prompted the Information Commissioner's Office and National Cyber Security Centre to launch joint investigations, Reuters reports. Retailer Marks & Spencer was disabled from accepting online orders, and grocery retailer the Co-op Group reported hackers stole customer data.
The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled defendants in criminal cases can not access victims' mental health records or use them against the individuals in court, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports.
The White House's decision to have federal employees return to in-person offices has raised privacy concerns with insufficient office space for mental health providers to conduct private conversations, The New York Times reports. National Association of Social Workers CEO Anthony Estreet said limited privacy for mental health appointments creates "profound ethical concerns and could endanger the professional licensure" of U.S.
The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence announced the release of a partially redacted September 2024 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinion, the first since the April 2024 reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Euronews reports researchers from the University of Melbourne in Australia and KPMG found 58% of more than 48,000 global respondents use AI at work, though only two out of five employees said they received training on how to their companies' AI systems.
Google plans to release a version of its Gemini AI chatbot for children under age 13, The New York Times reports. The chatbot will be only available for child users whose parents manage their Google account through the Family Link feature, which requires the parents to submit the child's name and birthdate. Google claims the chatbot features specific guardrails to prevent children from seeing unsafe content.Full story