UK Duo Ordered to Repay £118k for Selling Car Crash Victims' Data

Two former RAC employees have been ordered to repay £118k for selling personal data of car crash victims, a stark reminder that justice can extend far beyond prison sentences. This significant repayment demonstrates the Information Commissioner's Office's commitment to upholding data protection laws.

https://osintsights.com/uk-duo-ordered-to-repay-118k-for-selling-car-crash-victims-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#DataBreach #DataProtection #UnitedKingdom #InformationCommissionersOffice #DataMisuse

Voter Data Exposes Sensitive Information to Potential Misuse

A simple experiment by Noah M. Kenney revealed alarming privacy risks when he linked publicly available voter data from two counties with other public records, highlighting the sensitive information at risk of misuse. By analyzing voter files from Texas and North Carolina, Kenney showed just how easily voter data can be exploited.

https://osintsights.com/voter-data-exposes-sensitive-information-to-potential-misuse?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#VoterDataSecurity #DataPrivacy #PublicRecords #EmergingThreats #DataMisuse

Oops… A former L3Harris cyber director charged with data theft — insider risk remains the breach no firewall can block. 🧑‍💼🚨 #InsiderThreats #DataMisuse

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/24/former_l3harris_cyber_director_charged/

Wrong ways to use the databases, when the pendulum swung too far

https://www.luu.io/posts/2025-database-pendulum

#HackerNews #WrongWaysToUseDatabases #DatabaseManagement #TechTrends #DataMisuse #PendulumEffect

#NHSEngland signed #Palantir contract – then carried on negotiating

How can a #PublicBody sign a contract that isn’t even finished? It’s time for #NHS England to come clean over its contract with data giant Palantir.
https://goodlawproject.org/update/nhs-signed-palantir-contract-then-carried-on-negotiating/
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Healtj #DataSecurity #DataPrivacy #DataMisuse

Lawsuits Filed Against OpenAI for Misuse of ChatGPT Data #DataMisuse

Hashtags: #OpenAILawsuits #ChatGPTMisuse #DataMisuse Summery: OpenAI, the artificial intelligence research lab, is facing two class action lawsuits in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco. The first complaint, filed by The Clarkson Law Firm, accuses OpenAI of violating data privacy and copyright laws in the development of its language model, ChatGPT. The suit alleges that ChatGPT used scraped…

https://webappia.com/lawsuits-filed-against-openai-for-misuse-of-chatgpt-data-datamisuse/

Lawsuit filed against ChatGPT creator for internet data usage #PrivacyMatters

Hashtags: #PrivacyConcerns #DataMisuse #LegalAction @OpenAI #ChatGPT #InternetData #Lawsuit Summery: OpenAI, the creator of the AI chatbot ChatGPT, is facing a class action lawsuit filed by California law firm Clarkson. The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI violated copyright and privacy laws by scraping the internet to train the bot. Clarkson claims that OpenAI used data scraped from the internet,…

https://webappia.com/lawsuit-filed-against-chatgpt-creator-for-internet-data-usage-privacymatters/

Lawsuit Accuses OpenAI of Misusing Internet Users’ Data #DataMisuse

Hashtags: #PrivacyViolation #DataMisuse #LegalAction @OpenAI #Lawsuit #InternetUsers #DataProtection Summery: OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is facing a lawsuit alleging that it misused private data from internet users to train its AI tools. The lawsuit was filed by Clarkson, a public interest law firm based in Malibu, California. Clarkson has previously initiated class-action lawsuits on various…

https://webappia.com/lawsuit-accuses-openai-of-misusing-internet-users-data-datamisuse/