Data protection

Brazil slaps TikTok owner with $38m fine over data use

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at an election rally in Rio de Janeiro on Aug 22. He has pushed for stronger online protection for children and teenagers as he seeks a fourth term.

Binance gave Russia client details used to charge Russian over Ukraine donations, documents show

Binance did not comment on whether handing over Belenkiy’s data would constitute a GDPR rule breach.

ST Explains: How do scammers exploit government directories, and how can they be stopped?

The contact details of many public officers in an online directory have been removed in a bid to reduce the risk of scams.

Twitch sparks gamers’ wrath with Amazon AI sharing deal

Twitch has declared it will share users’ data with its parent company Amazon, to better train the online retailer’s artificial intelligence models.

Love, Bonito customers’ personal information possibly exposed in data breach

Love, Bonito stressed that the full credit card details of customers were not exposed.

ST Explains: When must firms inform customers about using their personal data for AI training?

From July 20, organisations in Singapore will need to inform consumers when they use personal data to train generative artificial intelligence models.

AI-specific notifications mandatory for firms using personal data to train AI models: PDPC

Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo announcing the new measure at the Singapore Data Festival on July 20.

Files relating to India’s largest nuclear power plant Kudankulam exposed in data breach

The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, located in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, is the largest of India’s seven nuclear plants.

Japanese teen arrested for cyberattack that unsubscribed over 46,000 anime accounts

The student allegedly sent false information to the company’s servers on Nov 4, causing the unauthorised cancellation of over 46,000 subscription accounts, according to police.

Personal info of 70,000 people compromised in data breach involving SLA’s vendor IBM

Preliminary investigations indicate that there was unauthorised access to a data set created for the sole purpose of vendor development and testing.

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