Court Revives Privacy Violation Claims Against Facebook for Tracking Users April 14, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court last Thursday revived nationwide litigation accusing Facebook Inc. of violating users’ privacy rights by tracking their...
Suit Alleges Zoom Overstated Privacy, Did Not Disclose Security Flaws April 9, 2020 Zoom Video Communications Inc. was slapped with a class action suit by one of its shareholders on Tuesday, accusing the...
Bipartisan Internet Privacy Proposal Calls for User OK to Share Data But Is Mum on Suits December 23, 2019 By Ben Brody, Rebecca Kern and Daniel R. Stoller A top House panel unveiled long-awaited draft privacy legislation that calls for limits on sharing consumers’ information and would allow...
Senate Democrats’ Bill Would Establish Consumer Rights Over Internet Data, Privacy November 27, 2019 By Diane Bartz Democratic senators proposed legislation on Tuesday that would set penalties for online companies like Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc....
Privacy Law Favored by Tech Firms Gains Support Among House Democrats October 17, 2019 By Ben Brody A group of more than 100 centrist Democratic House lawmakers is throwing its weight behind a privacy bill that has...
Facebook Faces Lawsuit for Data Breach Affecting Nearly 30 Million Users June 24, 2019 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Aoife White Facebook Inc. failed to fend off a lawsuit over a data breach that affected nearly 30 million users, one of...
Alexa, Why Was a Lawsuit Filed Against You? June 17, 2019 By Jim Sams If Big Brother isn’t watching, maybe his little sister is listening. An international law firm has filed a federal lawsuit...
Emails Suggest CEO Zuckerberg Aware of Facebook’s Privacy Faults, WSJ Reports June 13, 2019 Facebook Inc. emails appear to show Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s involvement in discussions about its much criticized privacy practices,...
Internet Privacy Bill Proving Struggle for Congress May 1, 2019 Lawmakers drafting a bill to create rules governing online privacy hope to have a discussion draft complete by late May...
Facebook, Twitter Face Lawmakers Over Liability, Privacy, Regulation September 6, 2018 By Ben Brody and Sarah Frier The more U.S. lawmakers learn about how Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. work, the more they want to know. In...