As a result of the Federal Trade Commission’s investigation, the Department of Justice sued TikTok and its parent company ByteDance with flagrantly violating a children’s privacy law—the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act—and also alleged they infringed an existing FTC 2019 consent order against TikTok for violating COPPA. The complaint alleges Read More
The social media giant, Meta, agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of illegally capturing biometric data from its users without their consent. Meta will pay a historic amount of $1.4 billion over the course of the next five years. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and McKool Smith, which Read More
After having nearly all of its customers’ records breached, AT&T is facing a class action lawsuit alleging that the cellular company failed to implement adequate cybersecurity procedures and protocols. The class action is taking place in Texas, Montana and New Jersey federal courts. The lawsuit arises out of an incident Read More
The French Data Protection Authority (FDPA) issued a $35 million fine to Amazon for its excessive surveillance of its employees, including the company’s relentless tracking of employee performance and breaks, as well as the implementation of a video monitoring system without informed employee consent. The Commission Nationale de l’informatique et Read More
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has prohibited data broker X-Mode Social and its successor Outlogic from sharing or selling sensitive location data as part of a settlement resulting from allegations that the company sold precise location data that could be used to track people’s visits to private locations. In its Read More
Starting next week, the state of Ohio will require social media platforms to obtain parental consent before a child under the age of sixteen creates an account on their websites. However, an association by the name of NetChoice is now challenging this law on the belief that it violates the Read More
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) that would place new restrictions on the use and disclosure of children’s personal information and limit companies from profiting from children’s data. With these proposed changes, the FTC intends for the Act to reflect technological Read More
The Federal Trade Commission has prohibited Rite Aid from using facial recognition technology for surveillance purposes for five years as part of a settlement of charges that the retailer used the technology improperly. The FTC had accused Rite Aid of failing to implement reasonable procedures and prevent harm to consumers Read More
The Federal Trade Commission has altered its data security rule, known as the Safeguards Rule, to require nonbank financial firms—including mortgage brokers, auto dealers, and payday lenders—to report data breaches to the agency, according to an announcement made Friday. The FTC’s Safeguards Rule requires non-banking financial institutions, such as mortgage brokers, Read More
Health care companies are increasingly falling victim to sophisticated hacking efforts—including ransomware attacks—insider threats, and basic security flaws despite the highly confidential nature of patient data. According to new research by Atlas VPN, a virtual private network provider, 87 million patients in the United States had their personal information improperly Read More
