Washington Bill Would Force Period Tracking Apps to Follow Privacy Laws January 18, 2023 When the Supreme Court last June stripped away constitutional protections for abortion, concerns grew over the use of period tracking...
Google, YouTube Content Providers Must Face U.S. Children’s Privacy Lawsuit December 29, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit accusing Alphabet Inc’s Google and several other companies of violating the...
Government Funding Bill to Bolster U.S. Antitrust Regulators December 27, 2022 By David Shepardson and Diane Bartz A $1.7 trillion government funding bill approved by the U.S. Senate Thursday will bolster U.S. regulators and make it easier...
“Fortnite” Maker Epic Games to Settle Alleged Privacy Violation for $520M December 19, 2022 “Fortnite” creator Epic Games will pay $520 million to settle allegations that it illegally collected children’s personal information and tricked...
Report Shows California Gun Data Breach Was Unintentional December 2, 2022 By Adam Beam California’s Department of Justice mistakenly posted the names, addresses and birthdays of nearly 200,000 gun owners on the internet because...
Google to Pay About $400 Million to Settle Location-Tracking Lawsuit November 14, 2022 By Diane Bartz and Alexandra Alper Alphabet’s Google will pay $391.5 million to settle allegations by 40 states that the search and advertising giant illegally tracked...
NSA Watchdog Concluded One Analyst’s Surveillance Project Went Too Far November 3, 2022 By Katrina Manson, William Turton and Jason Leopold An “experienced” analyst working at the National Security Agency developed a surveillance project about a decade ago that resulted in...
Privacy Watchdog Suit Says California Utility Targeted Asians in Pot Searches September 26, 2022 Extraordinary use of electricity has long been a telltale sign of illegal grow houses producing thousands of marijuana plants hidden...
NFL Is Latest Target in Lawsuits Over Data-Sharing With Meta September 15, 2022 By Joe Schneider The National Football League was sued for allegedly sharing digital subscribers’ personal data with Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook, becoming the...
‘Tape or Chewing Gum:’ Twitter’s Lapses Echo Worldwide August 29, 2022 By Barbara Ortutay From fire departments to governments, from school districts to corporations, from local utilities to grassroots organizers around the world, Twitter...