New Jersey Drivers Switch to SunPass Amid E-ZPass Privacy Concerns Over Alleged China-Linked Contract
Trenton, NJ – – Growing unease among New Jersey drivers over the security of their personal data has sparked a noticeable shift from the state’s E-ZPass system to Florida’s SunPass, an alternative…
BRIAN REARDON: Biden’s SEC Is After Your Privacy
A new program initiated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will collect the details of every securities trade in the country, including the personal information of the investors involved. The good…
FTC can reopen Meta privacy case despite $5 billion fine, court rules
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Meta cannot stop the U.S. Federal Trade Commission from reopening a probe into its Facebook unit’s privacy practices for now, a U.S. appeals court ruled, despite Meta’s…
JOHN STOSSEL: If You Value Your Privacy, Delete Your Apps
JOHN STOSSEL: If You Value Your Privacy, Delete Your Apps John Stossel on February 27, 2024 The government and private companies spy on us. My former employee, Naomi Brockwell, has become a…
US judge to hear Meta privacy dispute with FTC next month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A judge overseeing a lawsuit brought by Meta Platforms, owner of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, said he would hear arguments in late January on a request that he temporarily…
Meta says it will appeal US judge’s ruling in privacy fight with FTC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Meta Platforms, which owns WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, said on Tuesday it would appeal a judge’s ruling that a U.S. regulator can seek to reduce the amount of money the…
Chelsea Manning: Tech more efficient than laws to ensure privacy
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – Chelsea Manning, a former U.S. army analyst and WikiLeaks source, said on Tuesday that technology tools can be more efficient in protecting people’s privacy and information…
Meta shareholder lawsuit over user privacy revived by appeals court
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – A shareholders’ proposed class action accusing Meta Platforms Inc of concealing sweeping misuse of Facebook users’ data in 2017 and 2018 was revived by a U.S. appeals…
Norway court rules against Facebook owner Meta in privacy case
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – Meta Platforms can be fined for breaching users’ privacy, a Norwegian court ruled on Wednesday, stopping an attempt by the owner of Facebook and Instagram to…
Facebook owner Meta asks Norway court to halt privacy fine
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) -Meta Platforms on Tuesday asked a court in Norway to stop a fine that the country’s data regulator has imposed on the owner of Facebook and Instagram…
Murphy Lawyers Say 5-Year-Old Trans Children Have Right of Privacy Against Parents
FREEHOLD, NJ – In an ongoing court case between the State of New Jersey and three Monmouth County school districts, attorneys for Governor Phil Murphy argued that a child as young as…
News organizations challenge court decision on FTX customer privacy
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – A group of media organizations on Friday appealed a court decision that allows collapsed crypto exchange FTX to keep customer names secret during its bankruptcy…
Plaintiffs lawyers in Facebook data privacy case seek $181 million in fees
By Sara Merken (Reuters) -Plaintiffs’ lawyers have asked a San Francisco federal judge to award more than $181 million in legal fees as part of a $725 million data privacy settlement with…
Amazon Slapped With Huge Fine For Allegedly Breaking Child Privacy Laws
Amazon Slapped With Huge Fine For Allegedly Breaking Child Privacy Laws Jason Cohen on June 1, 2023 Amazon is required to pay a $25 million penalty after federal authorities charged the tech…
Australia, NZ privacy regulators launch joint probe into Latitude Group
SYDNEY (Reuters) -The privacy regulators for Australia and New Zealand said on Wednesday they had begun a joint investigation into the personal information handling practices at consumer finance firm Latitude Group, which…
US court sanctions Google in privacy case, company’s second legal setback in days
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – A U.S. court has sanctioned Google LLC for a second time in recent days, after a judge in a decision unsealed on Wednesday said the Alphabet Inc…
US pharmacy chain CVS to bolster customer privacy protection after shareholder push
(Reuters) – CVS Health Corp will enhance its data privacy disclosures following a shareholder proposal that asked the pharmacy chain to address concerns around threats to customers’ reproductive health data, Arjuna Capital…
Ex-TikTok Employee Turns On Company, Takes Privacy Concerns To Congress
Ex-TikTok Employee Turns On Company, Takes Privacy Concerns To Congress Jason Cohen on March 10, 2023 A former employee is alleging TikTok has flaws with its data security and he has been…
Meta, law firm Gibson Dunn sanctioned in Facebook privacy case
By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday sanctioned Meta Platforms Inc and its law firm, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher for “delay, misdirection and frivolous arguments” in a data privacy…
French privacy watchdog fines Apple over personalised ads
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s privacy watchdog CNIL on Wednesday said it had imposed an 8 million euro ($8.49 million) fine linked to ad personalisation in the iPhone maker’s App Store, citing shortcomings…
Google, YouTube content providers must face U.S. children’s privacy lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit accusing Alphabet Inc’s Google and several other companies of violating the privacy of children under age 13 by…
Philadelphia peeping Tom peering into windows of off-campus college students
PHILADELPHIA, PA – College students living in Philadelphia already have a lot to contend with when it comes to the city where criminals often target them. Now, another form of criminal is…
Meta Agrees To Record-Breaking Settlement In Data Privacy Lawsuit
Meta Agrees To Record-Breaking Settlement In Data Privacy Lawsuit John Hugh DeMastri on December 23, 2022 Facebook parent Meta signed on to a $725 million settlement to potentially close out a class-action…
FTC deepens probe into Twitter’s privacy, security practices- Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is deepening its probe into Twitter Inc’s privacy and data security practices, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matter.…
Maker Fortnite To Pay Gigantic Fine For Allegedly Violating Children’s Privacy, Duping Players
Maker Of Super Popular Video Game To Pay Gigantic Fine For Allegedly Violating Children’s Privacy, Duping Players John Hugh DeMastri on December 19, 2022 Epic Games, developer of the popular video game…
Fox Business Contributor Claims Liz Warren’s Crypto Bill Is A ‘Bullet To Financial Privacy’
Fox Business Contributor Claims Liz Warren’s Crypto Bill Is A ‘Bullet To Financial Privacy’ Harold Hutchison on December 16, 2022 A Fox Business contributor blasted Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts’ recently…
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