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Ledger, the hardware cryptocurrency wallet company, is facing a $500 million class action lawsuit filed by a customer who alleges the company failed to adequately protect user data and did not take meaningful corrective steps after prior breaches.
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The California Privacy Protection Agency has issued an advisory addressing fines for data brokers operating in the state. The advisory signals the agency is moving to enforce financial penalties against brokers who fail to comply with California's data broker rules.
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has agreed to have his personal communications searched as part of a lawsuit brought by Palantir, after he blocked a £50 million contract between the U.S. data firm and the Metropolitan Police. Palantir filed the legal action following Khan's decision to halt the deal in May.
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Ukrainian President Zelenskiy has announced that an investigation is underway following a reported clash between two of Ukraine's security agencies. No further details about the nature of the incident or the agencies involved have been confirmed.
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The FTC has extended its public comment period on a proposed enforcement policy statement about personalized pricing by seven days, moving the deadline to September 25, 2026. Personalized pricing is the practice of using individual consumer data to charge people different prices based on what a company thinks each person will pay.
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A child sexual abuse survivor has filed a federal lawsuit in California against xAI, alleging that Grok used real images of her abuse to generate new illegal child sexual abuse material. Elon Musk has denied knowing that Grok ever produced such images.
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An Irish health service operator has been fined by regulators after storing personal data in a disused bathroom and a turf shed. The case represents a basic physical data security failure in a sector that handles sensitive medical information.
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A minor in Maine has been sentenced to jail in connection with the violent online network known as 764, marking the first case of its kind and signaling a shift in how federal law enforcement is pursuing members of the group.
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The Trump administration has filed a brief supporting OpenAI in its ongoing copyright lawsuit brought by the New York Times and other news organizations, which allege that OpenAI and Microsoft used millions of articles without permission or payment to train AI systems.
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The Trump administration filed a letter backing OpenAI in its legal fight against the New York Times, arguing that using copyrighted material to train AI models qualifies as fair use under existing law. The government's position aligns federal authority with the AI industry's central defense in a closely watched copyright case.
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A lawsuit is seeking to compel the Trump administration to disclose the internal rules federal agencies use when safety-testing advanced AI models, with plaintiffs alleging the secretive review process could conceal conflicts of interest.
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott has banned state agencies from purchasing Flock camera systems, while Florida has taken a separate action limiting automated license plate reader networks. Both moves follow reporting and grassroots pressure over how these surveillance tools are funded and deployed.
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Sportsman's Guide, a retailer, has agreed to a $1.01 million class action settlement over data privacy claims. The settlement resolves allegations brought on behalf of affected customers, though the specific nature of the privacy violations is not detailed in available information.
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Uber drivers from the UK, the Netherlands, and other European countries have filed a class action lawsuit alleging that Uber's AI-driven system for setting pay and allocating jobs violates data protection laws and suppresses their earnings. The claim, which could run into billions of dollars, is one of the largest legal challenges yet to algorithmic pay management in the gig economy.
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A Virginia data broker has been fined by California authorities for failing to register under the state's data broker registration law. The case marks an enforcement action against an out-of-state company that apparently collected or sold data on California residents without complying with state rules.
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The Florida Bar has dismissed an ethics complaint filed against a senior Department of Homeland Security attorney who had publicly posted about judges described as the 'worst.' The bar found no grounds for professional discipline.
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EPIC has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a Trump administration plan to create a centralized federal database compiling personal information on U.S. citizens. The suit alleges the database violates the Constitution, the Privacy Act, and the Social Security Act.
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Sony has filed a lawsuit against Anthropic that includes internal staff communications in which employees apparently praised using piracy tools like Z-Library. The suit argues that Anthropic's use of copyrighted material to train its AI has directly harmed songwriters at a moment when AI-generated music is gaining commercial ground.
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Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell have filed a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against Anthropic, alleging the AI company used tens of thousands of copyrighted songs without permission to train its Claude models. The music publishers represent songwriters and composers whose works were allegedly misused.
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Meta has reached a settlement involving billions of dollars in payments and new protective measures for minors. The agreement is drawing attention for what it might signal to other social media platforms and AI companies facing similar scrutiny over how they handle young users.
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The U.K. Supreme Court has issued a ruling that allows victims of state-deployed spyware to bring civil claims against foreign governments in British courts. The decision marks a significant shift in how sovereign immunity protections apply when states are accused of covert digital surveillance against individuals.
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The HHS Office for Civil Rights has reached a $50,000 settlement with Azul Vision over a HIPAA right of access violation, marking the agency's ninth financial penalty in this enforcement area.
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Meta's settlement with U.S. authorities over privacy violations is prompting scrutiny of what similar concessions could be extracted in other jurisdictions, while separate legal actions against the company are pending in multiple countries including Kenya and the Netherlands. One of those cases involves allegations that Facebook's algorithm actively amplified posts calling for a man's murder during Ethiopia's civil war.
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A notice of application has been filed with a Federal Court in connection with an investigation into search engine de-listing. The filing signals that the matter has moved into formal legal proceedings.
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