Facebook Hit With $1 Million Fine Tied to User-Privacy Lawsuit
]]Facebook and its outside law firm were ordered to pay almost $1 million in sanctions for deceitfully denying that it shared users' private information with third ...
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Twitter Whistle-Blower Describes ‘Ticking Bomb’ of Security Gaps
Twitter Inc.'s security lapses were so grave that they threatened national security, the company's former head of security-turned-whistle-blower told senators on Tuesday. Speaking before the Senate ...
Amazon Keeps Growing, and So Does Its Cache of Data on You
From what you buy online, to how you remember tasks, to when you monitor your doorstep, Amazon is seemingly everywhere. And it appears the company doesn't want to halt its reach anytime soon. In ...
Federal Judge Approves $85M Settlement in Zoom Case
A federal judge in California approved an $85 million settlement between Zoom Video Communications and millions of users who said the teleconference meeting application violated their privacy rights ...
Amazon Appeals Record $865M Penalty for Alleged Violation of EU Data Protection Rules
Amazon.com Inc. appealed a record 746 million-euro ($865 million) penalty for allegedly violating the European Union's tough data-protection rules. The appeal was filed at the Luxembourg ...
Zoom Settles ‘Zoombombing’ and Privacy Rights Lawsuit for $85M
Zoom Video Communications Inc. agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated users' privacy rights by sharing personal data with Facebook, ...
SCOTUS Revives LinkedIn Bid to Prevent Rival From Harvesting Personal Data
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave Microsoft Corp's LinkedIn Corp another chance to try to stop rival hiQ Labs Inc from harvesting personal data from the professional networking platform's public ...
Google Fights Back Against UK Class Action Over Alleged iPhone Tracking
A proposed multi-billion pound British class action against Google, which alleges the internet giant secretly tracked millions of iPhone users, is not viable and should not be allowed to proceed, the ...
SCOTUS Spurns Facebook’s Appeal in User Tracking Lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away Facebook Inc's bid to pare back a $15 billion class action lawsuit accusing the company of illegally tracking the activities of internet users even when ...