Suzanne Smalley reports: Senate Democrats introduced a bill on Tuesday that would prohibit data brokers from selling or transferring location and health data and provide the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with $1 billion for enforcement. The bill also would give the FTC, state attorneys general and victims of data broker abuses the right to sue brokers for…
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What Is Happening in Privacy Law?
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: Here are eight recent developments in privacy law you should consider as you get ready for the holidays. Don’t Lie on Your AI The U.S. Federal Trade Commission recently issued a new enforcement action on AI “Greenwashing.” Make sure any AI-related marketing claims you make are accurate. Data Brokers…
Firefox to remove Do Not Track feature
Seen on Risky Biz News by Catalin Cimpanu: Firefox to remove DNT: Mozilla will remove the DoNotTrack feature from Firefox next year. The feature was introduced in 2011 as a way for users to tell websites not to track them. Mozilla says it’s removing the feature because most websites don’t respect it. DoNotTrack will be removed with Firefox…
French internet operator fined $53 million for unsolicited ads and tracking users without consent
Suzanne Smalley reports: France’s data privacy regulator (CNIL) has fined the country’s biggest internet provider €50 million ($53 million) for sending customers ads they didn’t ask for and for continuing to use tracking code to monitor users’ activities even after they withdrew consent for the practice. The telecom giant Orange S.A. offers an electronic messaging…