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Enforcement
O Office of the Attorney General of Virginia · · International

Attorney General Jones Secures $6.5 Million for the Commonwealth in General Motors Data Privacy Settlement

Virginia Attorney General Jason Jones reached a $6.5 million settlement with General Motors over data privacy violations. The agreement delivers funds to the Commonwealth, though the specific nature of the underlying privacy claims is not detailed in the available information.

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Breach
HIPAA Journal · · US Federal

GoodRx & Criteo Revised $32 Million Data Privacy Settlement Gets First Approval

A federal court has granted preliminary approval to a revised $32 million settlement in a class action lawsuit over data privacy claims against GoodRx and advertising technology company Criteo. The case centers on alleged improper sharing of users' personal health and medication data.

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Enforcement
noyb (None of Your Business) · · EU

noyb win: French electronics retailer Fnac Darty fined €7 million

France's data protection authority fined electronics retailer Fnac Darty €7 million for running third-party trackers on its mobile app without user consent. The penalty follows a 2023 complaint filed by privacy advocacy group noyb.

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News
R Reuters · · International

Facebook moves UK users to dodge EU privacy laws

Facebook is reportedly shifting UK users out of EU regulatory jurisdiction, a move that would place them under a less stringent privacy framework following Brexit. The change appears designed to reduce Meta's exposure to Europe's stricter data protection rules.

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News
H Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre · · International

“Hong Kong’s First Five-Year Plan” Seminar Series – Data Privacy Academy x HKCERT Seminar on “Stay Ahead of Cyber Threats: Prevention Strategies for SMEs and NGOs”

“Hong Kong’s First Five-Year Plan” Seminar Series – Data Privacy Academy x HKCERT Seminar on “Stay Ahead of Cyber Threats: Prevention Strategies for SMEs and NGOs” Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre

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AI Governance
Privacy Commissioner of Canada · · Canada

News release: Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial privacy commissioners and ombuds call for the responsible use of artificial intelligence in health and health research

Canadian privacy commissioners and ombudspersons at the federal, provincial, and territorial levels have issued a joint call for AI to be used responsibly in health care and health research settings.

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News
C Community Impact · · International

Pflugerville adopts new policy for AI, surveillance technology and data privacy

Pflugerville, Texas has adopted a formal policy covering the use of artificial intelligence, surveillance technology, and data privacy within the city. The move establishes local governance rules for how these tools are deployed at the municipal level.

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News
Y Yahoo · · International

Pflugerville City Council approves new AI, surveillance and data privacy policy

The Pflugerville City Council has approved a new policy covering artificial intelligence use, surveillance practices, and data privacy within the city. The policy marks a formal effort by the Texas municipality to set rules around how these technologies are used in local government.

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News
EFF — Deeplinks · · International

Victory! You Can Now Exclude Apps from Siri AI

Apple's iOS 18.2 update introduces a setting that lets users block specific apps from being accessed by Siri's AI features, a change that advocacy group EFF had publicly campaigned for. The option is particularly relevant for secure messaging apps, whose content could otherwise be sent to the cloud for AI processing.

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AI Governance
S Spiceworks · · International

OneTrust tackles the agentic AI governance gap

OneTrust is moving to address governance gaps created by agentic AI systems, which operate with greater autonomy than traditional software and fall outside many existing privacy and compliance frameworks.

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Enforcement
The Record · · International

European digital rights nonprofit noyb sues Scale AI for ‘invasive’ worker surveillance

European privacy nonprofit noyb has filed a lawsuit against Scale AI, alleging the company subjects freelance workers to invasive monitoring that can include logging mouse clicks and keystrokes every few seconds and generating video records of their entire workday.

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Healthcare
HIPAA Journal · · US Federal

More Than One-Fourth of Healthcare Websites Fail Core Privacy Tests

A Datatrue study of heavily visited U.S. healthcare websites found that more than one in four fail basic privacy standards, with a broader finding that more than four in ten websites across categories share similar shortcomings.

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Enforcement
T Top Class Actions · · International

$32M GoodRx data privacy class action settlement

GoodRx has agreed to a $32 million settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit over data privacy claims. The settlement follows allegations that the health savings platform mishandled user data.

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Enforcement
G Genocide Watch · · International

Meta Fined $25 billion to New Mexico in Data Privacy Case

New Mexico has fined Meta $25 billion in a data privacy case, according to available reporting. Details about the specific violations and legal proceedings underlying the penalty are not fully described in the available information.

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News
R Reuters · · International

India will listen to media concerns on disputed privacy law, Modi's minister says

India's government has signaled it is open to hearing concerns from media organizations about the country's contested privacy law, according to a minister in Prime Minister Modi's administration. The statement suggests ongoing pushback from press groups over how the legislation could affect journalism and news operations.

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Breach
DataBreaches.net · · International

AU: Northern Territory Health backtracks on claim only five patients impacted by RDH privacy breach

The Northern Territory Health department has reversed its initial claim that only five patients were affected by a privacy breach at Royal Darwin Hospital, after journalists contacted multiple women whose confidential obstetric information was shared publicly on Instagram by a medical observer to an audience of 28,000 followers.

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