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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a way that ends the Federal Trade Commission's structural independence, a development with direct consequences for how federal data privacy and consumer protection rules are enforced.
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The UK's former Information Commissioner is reportedly preparing legal action against the woman who reported him for sexual harassment and bullying, following an independent investigation that substantiated those findings. The Secretary of State overseeing the ICO described the situation as appalling.
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Memorial Healthcare Services, a Southern California nonprofit health system, has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit tied to its use of tracking pixels on its websites. The case follows a broader wave of litigation against healthcare providers that deployed third-party tracking tools, which can transmit patient data to companies like Meta and Google without clear patient consent.
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The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has fined two home improvement companies a combined £370,000 for making nuisance calls that targeted vulnerable people. The enforcement action reflects the regulator's continued focus on predatory direct marketing practices.
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A lawsuit filed against the U.S. government alleges that American officials shared personal information about Iranian asylum seekers with Iranian authorities, a claim the government denies. The case puts scrutiny on how refugee and asylum data is handled and whether that handling could put applicants at risk.
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A lawsuit against xAI and its Grok chatbot has expanded to include new plaintiffs who allege the tool was used by people close to them to generate child sexual abuse material depicting the plaintiffs as minors. Stability AI has also been added as a defendant in the case.
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A judge has dismissed Prince Harry's privacy invasion lawsuit against the Daily Mail, ending that legal action without a ruling on the underlying claims. The case was part of a broader effort by Harry to hold British tabloids accountable for alleged unlawful newsgathering.
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A UK court rejected a privacy lawsuit brought by Prince Harry, ruling against his claims while he made a public appearance at an event the same day. The decision represents a legal setback in his ongoing efforts to pursue privacy claims through British courts.
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A judge has dismissed Prince Harry's privacy invasion lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail, ending at least this legal challenge in his broader campaign against British tabloid practices. The ruling is a setback for Harry after he had previously won settlements and judgments against other UK newspaper groups.
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The FTC is distributing more than $2.7 million to consumers harmed by Handy Technologies, now operating as Angi Services, following a January 2025 enforcement action brought jointly with the New York Attorney General. The company allegedly advertised earnings that most workers never saw and buried fees and fines that quietly reduced their pay.
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Individuals targeted by wiretapping in Greece have filed a lawsuit against Intellexa, the spyware firm behind the Predator surveillance tool, seeking financial damages. The case marks a direct legal challenge by victims against a commercial spyware vendor.
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Florida's Attorney General reached a resolution with Roku over an enforcement action related to children's data privacy. The agreement concludes a regulatory proceeding that targeted how the streaming platform handled data belonging to younger users.
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A Guardian investigation found that a major £8.2bn AI datacentre project in Lanarkshire, Scotland, misrepresented its plans to supply large-scale renewable energy to the site. Both government officials and developers privately acknowledged a significant power provision problem, despite public promises of clean energy delivery.
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Amazon's Ring has been hit with a lawsuit alleging that its devices used facial recognition technology in ways that violated users' privacy rights. The suit appears to center on the collection or processing of biometric data without adequate notice or consent.
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A consolidated class action filed by employees against medical technology company Stryker, stemming from a cyberattack in March 2026 attributed to the Hamdala threat group, has been voluntarily dismissed. The plaintiffs chose to drop the case rather than having it decided by a court.
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Researchers found that Stelios Kouloglou, a former European Parliament member who sat on the body's committee investigating commercial spyware abuses, was infected with Pegasus spyware twice while he was serving in that role.
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A man is suing the Phoenix Police Department and the Maricopa County Attorney's Office after allegedly being wrongfully arrested for a cold case murder based on a facial recognition match. The lawsuit claims the identification was faulty and led to a wrongful deprivation of his liberty.
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Roku has reached a settlement in a Florida lawsuit alleging the company improperly handled children's personal data. The case was brought as a class action, though specific terms of the settlement have not been detailed in available reporting.
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Privacy activist Max Schrems has notified European officials of his intent to challenge the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the agreement that legally underpins personal data transfers from the European Union to U.S. companies.
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X Corp. has petitioned the FTC to set aside or modify a 2022 consent decree that requires regular compliance reporting and stemmed from the company using account-security data — phone numbers and email addresses — for targeted advertising, resulting in a $150 million fine. The EFF and allied groups have filed comments urging the FTC to reject the petition.
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The FTC reached a $35 million settlement with the companies behind the Hopper travel app over allegations that the platform charged users unauthorized fees and misled them about total prices and the value of services like Price Freeze and VIP Support. The settlement also bars Hopper from making deceptive claims about fees going forward.
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An investigation by consumer group Which? found that Tripadvisor's AI-generated review summaries consistently downplayed serious guest complaints, including describing a hotel facing a mass food poisoning lawsuit as 'spotless' and framing a resort with sexual harassment allegations against staff as having 'friendly' service.
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A US House committee has launched an investigation into drug trials conducted in China by pharmaceutical giants Merck and AbbVie. The probe appears to center on the companies' clinical research activities in China and the oversight surrounding them.
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