Meta Faces Stiff Privacy Review as FTC Claims New Violations May 4, 2023 By Leah Nylen Meta Platforms Inc. was accused by the Federal Trade Commission of repeatedly violating privacy promises it made to US regulators...
Hackers Stole Arizona School Data; Teachers Left in the Dark April 19, 2023 By Jack Gillum Classrooms across Tucson, Arizona, were ravaged by ransomware in January that locked up computer systems and forced teachers to revamp...
California’s Office of Administrative Law OKs Privacy Regulations March 31, 2023 The California Privacy Protection Agency finalized its first substantive rulemaking package to further implement the California Consumer Privacy Act, which...
TikTok Attacked for China Ties as US Lawmakers Push for Ban March 24, 2023 By David Shepardson U.S. lawmakers on Thursday battered TikTok’s chief executive about potential Chinese influence over the platform and said its short videos...
Meta’s Record Privacy Settlement Spurs Dispute Over State Claims March 2, 2023 By Joel Rosenblatt Meta Platforms Inc. is wrong to say its $725 million settlement of a lawsuit claiming Facebook illegally shared user data...
Illinois Supreme Court: BIPA Claims Accrue With Each Scan February 17, 2023 By Ezra Amacher The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday that a separate claim accrues each time a business unlawfully scans or transmits an...
Facebook Hit With $1 Million Fine Tied to User-Privacy Lawsuit February 10, 2023 By Joel Rosenblatt Facebook and its outside law firm were ordered to pay almost $1 million in sanctions for deceitfully denying that it...
GoodRx Pays $1.5 Million to Settle Health Privacy Allegations February 2, 2023 By Diane Bartz U.S. healthcare firm GoodRx Holdings has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle allegations that it failed to notify customers...
Subpoena Granted in Reno Mayor’s Lawsuit over Tracking Device January 25, 2023 A Nevada judge has granted subpoenas sought by Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve to force a private investigator to identify who...
460K Partial Social Security Numbers Mistakenly Released in Washington January 24, 2023 A county in Washington inadvertently released nearly half a million partial Social Security Numbers when responding to a routine public...