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China’s central bank has proposed expanding its credit information database to cover corporate data and non-bank lenders, overhauling a 2005 framework to align with data protection laws.

Norway has fined Microsoft’s advertising firm Xandr $9.6 million for mishandling and sharing Grindr user data for advertising. The case dates to 2018–2020, when Xandr was involved in ads shown in Grindr, data shared in ad auctions could reveal sensitive user details, including sexual orientation. Xandr said it believed Grindr had already got the necessary consent from users. Norwegian regulators disagreed, saying Xandr still had a responsibility to make sure the data could legally be processed. The fine is the largest ever issued by Norway’s data protection authority.

Every app you use has a privacy policy. Your wallet doesn’t. Crypto never got a data protection layer. Every swap, balance and transfer is on-chain, public and permanent. Houdini fixes that and is the layer that should have been there from the start.

Uber has been hit with an €825 million fine in Europe over its automated system for suspending and deactivating drivers. The Dutch Data Protection Authority says Uber used automated systems between 2018 and 2022 to make decisions that could seriously affect drivers’ income, without proper human involvement or enough information for the drivers. “From one moment to the next, they no longer had any income through Uber.” “A computer should not make decisions on its own that have major consequences for you.”