Amazon to Pay $30.8 Million to Settle FTC Privacy Claims Over Ring Doorbell June 1, 2023 By Leah Nylen and Andrea Vittorio Amazon.com Inc. agreed to pay $30.8 million to resolve two cases brought by the Federal Trade Commission related to privacy...
White House Takes New Steps to Study AI Risks, Determine Impact on Workers May 24, 2023 By Nandita Bose The White House said on Tuesday it would ask workers how their employers use artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor them,...
Meta Hit With Record $1.3B Fine Over Data Transfers May 22, 2023 By Padraic Halpin Meta was hit with a record 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) fine by its lead European Union privacy regulator over...
London Court Throws Out Lawsuit Against Google Over Medical Records May 19, 2023 Google on Friday defeated a lawsuit brought on behalf of 1.6 million people over medical records provided to the U.S....
Facebook Fails in Bid to Get Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit Tossed May 11, 2023 By Jef Feeley A judge ruled Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and other former directors of the social-media company must face claims they turned...
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...