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UK regulator reprimands police for secretly recording phone calls

Britain's information regulator said on Tuesday it had formally reprimanded two police forces for recording more than 200,000 phone calls, likely with victims, witnesses and perpetrators of suspected crimes, without people's knowledge.

Reuters

Surrey and Sussex police unlawfully recorded phone calls via app, watchdog finds

Information Commissioner’s Office reprimands forces as app was originally intended for hostage negotiators

The Guardian - UK

Two UK police forces unlawfully recorded 200,000 phone conversations with Brits

The Information Commissioner’s Office issued the rebuke to Surrey and Sussex police forces over recordings of “highly sensitive” conversations with victims, witnesses and perpetrators of suspected crimes

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Labour glitch put voting intentions data of millions at risk

Exclusive: experts say sensitive information could potentially have been harvested and used for targeted election interference

The Guardian - UK

Warning to anyone with ChatGPT as Italy bans use of chatbot tool

Elon Musk has also called for AI development to be paused

Liverpool Echo

Arabica Moderately Higher on Expectations for a Bigger Global Coffee Deficit

May arabica coffee (KCK23 ) on Thursday closed up +3.45 (+1.92%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK23 ) closed down -15 (-0.65%). Coffee prices Thursday settled mixed, with arabica posting a 2-week high. Coffee prices have carryover support from Wednesday when the International Coffee Organization (ICO) reported global coffee exports...

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Arabica Prices Firm on Tighter Global Supplies

May arabica coffee (KCK23 ) this morning is up +3.10 (+1.72%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK23 ) is down -23 (-0.99%). Coffee prices this morning are mixed, with arabica posting a 2-week high. Coffee prices have carryover support from Wednesday when the International Coffee Organization (ICO) reported global coffee...

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Adult training college in data protection row with dissatisfied students

New Trades Career refuses to hand over recordings that could show if false promises were made to students about courses

Daily Mirror

Coffee Prices Rally Sharply as Global Supplies Dwindle

May arabica coffee (KCK23 ) on Wednesday closed up +5.30 (+3.03%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK23 ) closed up +60 (+2.66%). Coffee prices Wednesday closed sharply higher, with arabica posting a 1-week high and robusta posting a 7-1/2 month nearest-futures high. A decline in global coffee exports sparked fund...

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TikTok fined £12.7m by ICO for misusing children's data

While an outright ban looms over the Chinese-owned app's future in Western societies, TikTok may have to pay £12.7m in fines to the UK government.

TechRadar

A U.K. agency has fined TikTok nearly $16 million for handling of children's data

The U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office said there were up to 1.4 million children under the age of 13 on the app in 2020, despite TikTok's terms of service saying users must be 13 to sign up.

WEKU

TikTok owner made $80B last year, probably not squirming over £12.7m fine for collecting children's data

ByteDance's revenue explodes as TikTok grows in popularity. But yikes, UK authority announces a fine for failing to protect children.

PC Gamer

Watchdog fines TikTok £12.7m for ‘misusing children’s data’ and allowing underage kids on the app

It means children's data may have been used to potentially deliver harmful content at their very next scroll

Manchester Evening News

TikTok has been fined €14.5m for failing to protect the privacy of children's data

TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million kids under the age of 13 to use its platform in 2020

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The Guardian - UK

TikTok fined £12.7m for illegally processing children’s data

Information commissioner says app had done ‘very little, if anything’ to check for underage users

The Guardian - UK

TechScape: Elon Musk promised to take away the blue ticks – so why hasn’t he?

In this week’s newsletter: After weeks of warnings, Twitter appears to have backed down on plans to do away with one of Musk’s original obsessions.

Evening Standard

TikTok fined £12.7 million by UK watchdog for mishandling children’s data

TikTok has been fined £12.7 million by a UK watchdog for mishandling children’s data.

The Guardian - UK

UK watchdog warns chatbot developers over data protection laws

Concerns have arisen over tech firms using masses of unfiltered personal data culled from the internet to ‘train’ generative AI

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TechRadar

UK DPDI bill seeks to reform GDPR - here's what you need to know

While it has the potential to save billions to the UK economy, civil societies warn the DPDI "will seriously weaken data protection rights in the UK."

Manchester Evening News

Police reject rules changes that would have kept names of suspects secret

Crime reporters had warned the changes could usher in a “new chilling era of secret justice"

The Guardian - UK

Do not expect privacy if charged with a crime, says police standards body

College of Policing statement comes after ICO proposes forces across England and Wales no longer ‘should’ name those charged

Evening Standard

London council ‘kept hundreds of people in dark by failing to reply to information requests’, ICO rules

Enforcement action has been taken against Lewisham Council after it failed to respond to more than 300 Freedom of Information requests

IT Pro

HMRC lost nearly 50% more devices in 2022, nearly 2,000 missing since 2017

IT device losses at HMRC increased by nearly 50% in the space of a year, according to Freedom of Information Act (FOI) requests submitted in 2022. Statistics released under the FOI act show that between September 2021 and 2022, HMRC declared 635 lost and stolen devices. SEE MORE HMRC tells…

Daily Mirror

Grammar school headteacher leaves after parents sent list of teachers going on strike

Charlotte Jordan left King Edward VI Five Ways Grammar school in Birmingham after parents received a list of teachers going on strike and a data breach investigation was launched

Daily Record

Warning to parents as YouTube accused of tracking children's viewing habits

A campaigner filed a complaint against YouTube for allegedly gathering viewing data of children younger than 13.

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