Snapchat Lawsuit: Users in Illinois Could Receive Compensation for Using Snapchat Filters and Lenses In a landmark case concerning user privacy and biometric data, a recent Snapchat lawsuit in Illinois has culminated in a $35 million settlement. Illinois residents who used Snapchat’s filters and lenses might be eligible for financial compensation. This development comes as […]
Continue readingFor the first time, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has published a list of details on the algorithms used in select apps by internet companies like Tencent, Alibaba, and Bytedance. New legislation in China governs how Internet platform companies must protect user data. They must reveal, among other things, the techniques they employ […]
Continue readingAmazon-owned video game broadcasting service Twitch has acknowledged a serious data breach. Twitch claims that a hacker broke into the service’s servers. Due to “an error in a Twitch server configuration update that was subsequently accessed by a malicious third party,” Twitch has admitted that a hacker was able to obtain information that was […]
Continue readingThe French DPA issued a €60 million preliminary warning of a fine against the advertising technology company ‘Criteo’ for violations of the GDPR rules regulating processing practices through targeted advertising and user profiling. When the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect in 2018, the digital rights advocacy group Privacy International filed an […]
Continue readingIn response to a lengthy legal battle with Australia’s competition authority over misleading users about collecting their personal location data, Google has agreed to pay $60 million in fines. Background The federal court determined in April of last year that Google had violated consumer protection regulations by misleading some local users to believe the corporation […]
Continue readingWhatsApp’s CEO has stated that the company will not “lower the security” of its messenger service. WhatsApp has announced that it will not fall to the UK government’s demand to undermine end-to-end encryption by adding a backdoor for law enforcement investigations. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) has slammed WhatsApp’s […]
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