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Microsoft has begun testing new privacy controls that will let Windows 11 users choose which desktop applications can access their camera, microphone, and precise location. [...]
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Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner has filed formal comments on proposed regulations governing consumer-driven banking, a framework that would allow people to share their financial data with third-party services. The submission signals the privacy watchdog's intent to shape how data portability rules are written before they take effect.
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German privacy group noyb has sent a cease-and-desist letter to credit agency SCHUFA after investigations revealed it retained millions of records that should have been deleted, and used them for customer testing. Noyb has opened an interest list for a class action, with up to 69 million people potentially affected.
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Brazil's data protection authority has fined ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, nearly $30 million for violations related to children's data privacy. The penalty signals enforcement action under Brazil's data protection framework against one of the world's largest social media platforms.
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Brazil's data protection authority has fined TikTok approximately $30 million for violations related to the privacy of children's data. The penalty marks one of the more significant enforcement actions against a major platform under Brazilian privacy law.
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Brazilian authorities have fined ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, $30 million over violations related to the privacy of teenage users. The penalty reflects regulatory action against how the platform handled personal data belonging to minors.
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BYU researchers found that K-12 educational technology apps were collecting and sharing student data in ways that violated privacy obligations, according to a report prepared for the Utah State Board of Education. The findings prompted Utah to pass new legislation tightening privacy requirements for EdTech vendors operating in the state.
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Apple has reversed a plan to retire the icloud.com domain used by its Hide My Email feature, which lets users mask their real email addresses with randomly generated ones. The feature, part of iCloud+, will continue operating as before.
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India's Supreme Court has intervened in a case examining whether employers have the right to access employees' income tax returns, raising concerns about financial privacy in the workplace.
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Twenty-one states now have data privacy or security laws on the books, and auto dealers are moving to build out compliance programs in response. The wave of state-level legislation is creating a patchwork of requirements that dealers operating across multiple states must now navigate.
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The U.S. Department of Justice announced a $400 million settlement with TikTok, ByteDance, and affiliated companies over alleged violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. The settlement resolves federal claims that the companies mishandled children's personal data.
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A judge has reduced the fee award sought by plaintiffs' attorneys in a privacy settlement against Google, cutting the amount lawyers will receive from the case.
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Government IT contracts increasingly include data privacy requirements, and vendors who misrepresent their compliance with those terms now face potential liability under the False Claims Act, a federal law that allows the government to recover damages from contractors who submit fraudulent claims.
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A piece arguing that the U.S. Constitution does not contain an explicit right to privacy has surfaced in public discourse. The claim touches on a long-running legal debate about how privacy protections are grounded in constitutional law.
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Flock Safety, a surveillance technology company that sells license plate readers and other monitoring tools to law enforcement and private communities, has grown rapidly with strong venture capital backing. The company is now facing scrutiny over how its data collection practices intersect with privacy rights.
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A report or analysis aimed at business executives identifies common misconceptions about data privacy as companies adopt AI tools, suggesting that leadership confidence in their privacy posture may not match actual exposure.
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France's data protection authority, the CNIL, has fined Uber nearly 825 million euros, apparently connected to the company's use of automated decision-making processes. The penalty is one of the largest issued by a European privacy regulator.
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Privacy and AI governance expert Ismail Zabiullah is calling for caution in how organizations adopt AI, citing data privacy and consent as central concerns that need to be addressed before deployment moves faster than oversight can follow.
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TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have agreed to a $400 million settlement with US authorities over alleged violations of children's data privacy laws. The settlement resolves claims related to how the platform collected and handled personal data belonging to minors.
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A cyber libel complaint against a journalist in Cagayan de Oro was dismissed, with the ruling finding that messages related to public concerns do not constitute a violation of the Data Privacy Act.
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FPT Information Systems is positioning Vietnam's emerging data privacy law as a business opportunity, framing the regulatory shift as a platform for growth rather than a compliance burden.
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A coalition of 29 states opened a landmark trial against Meta this week, alleging the company deliberately engineered its platforms to be addictive and violated laws designed to protect children's privacy. Prosecutors framed Meta's entire business model around four verbs: hook users in, keep them on the platform, collect their data, and conceal the harm.
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TikTok has agreed to a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Justice Department to resolve claims related to children's privacy. The deal is one of the largest penalties of its kind involving a major social media platform and young users.
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TikTok has agreed to a $400 million settlement in the United States over children's privacy violations. The deal resolves legal claims related to how the platform handled data belonging to younger users.
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