Safety, Policy & Ethics

2+ hour, 29+ min ago   (224+ words) ORANGE CITY, Iowa (Sioux County Radio) - The Sioux County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing Tuesday, Oct. 13, as it considers the second reading of proposed zoning changes governing data centers. The hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. in the Board…...

11+ hour, 37+ min ago   (555+ words) The case centres on whether an advertising intermediary can rely on an app provider’s assurances about user consent. The regulator concluded that Xandr had an independent responsibility to establish and document a lawful basis for its processing. Grindr User Data…...

6+ hour, 7+ min ago   (620+ words) Norway’s data protection regulator has hit Microsoft’s advertising arm Xandr with a 92 million kroner ($9.6 million) fine for sharing Grindr users’ sensitive data with advertisers without a legal basis. The penalty will be the largest the agency has ever imposed on…...

7+ hour, 12+ min ago   (211+ words) PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) — Pennsylvania has launched a public map that will allow the public to track proposed data centers that are seeking environmental permits. The data center tracker is operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The interactive map…...

12+ hour, 38+ min ago   (929+ words) A judge’s decision in nearby Chatham County may complicate efforts by cities like Raleigh to regulate data centers. On Tuesday, Raleigh City Council members adopted a six-month moratorium on data center applications and permitting. City leaders kept referencing the case…...

13+ hour, 5+ min ago   (634+ words) Communications minister Solly Malatsi cannot use telecommunications regulation to restrict access to legally authorised gambling, and any attempt to do so could face a court challenge, gambling attorney Wayne Lurie warned on Monday. Lurie, of Lurie Inc Attorneys, was responding…...

9+ hour, 46+ min ago   (1391+ words) October 2 ruling puts the fine at €8.5m, not the €8.6m in the press release, and caps it at €20m using Xandr's turnover. What else did the 54-page text find? PPC Land reported the fine earlier today based on Datatilsynet's announcement and a media…...

10+ hour, 14+ min ago   (1009+ words) Ad exchange relayed sexual orientation data to potentially thousands of firms from July 2018 to April 2020. Can an ad intermediary rely on an app's consent? The decision closes a complaint that has been open for more than six years. According to…...

17+ hour, 38+ min ago   (486+ words) Beginning February 2027, all newly issued certificates will have a 64-day validity period by default. Open Certificate Authority (CA) Let’s Encrypt is taking the first step towards reducing the validity period of the certificates it issues. Beginning February 10, 2027, it will issue…...

20+ hour, 5+ min ago   (416+ words) (Dan Tri Newspaper) - Anthropic has added a rule prohibiting users from engaging in prolonged, unprovoked abuse or cruelty towards the company's AI models. The new policy takes effect from November 12th. On October 8th, Anthropic, the company that developed the chatbot Claude,…...