Today’s Risky Biz News points out a X (Twitter) privacy issue. Your data can now be used by default to train grok (AI), and they haven’t even announced this change. A user sounded the alarm: Twitter just activated a setting by default for everyone that gives them the right to use your data to train…
Author: Dissent
Google defends itself in proposed class action, says it never collected users’ personal information
Michael Gennaro reports: Google argued at a motion for summary judgment hearing Thursday afternoon that a proposed class action filed by Google users over data collection is meritless. At issue in the case is the Web and App Activity toggle in Android device’s settings. Turning the toggle off prevents future web and app activity being…
Department of Education Sued Following Markup Investigation Into FAFSA Data Shared with Facebook
Advocates want answers after The Markup found the department sharing student data with Meta By: Colin Lecher A new federal lawsuit, scheduled to be filed as soon as today, accuses the Department of Education of failing to disclose records of its correspondence with Facebook, after an investigation by The Markup found the department sharing sensitive…
Ninth Circuit Signals That A Reasonable User Cannot Consent to Data Collection Via Confusing and Contradictory Privacy Disclosures
From EPIC.org: Last week, the Ninth Circuit heard oral argumentheard arguments in Google v. Calhoun, a case about whether users really consented to Google’s collecting and sharing their data when Google’s own published policies said contradictory things about those practices. EPIC’s amicus brief asserted that Google cannot argue that consumers reasonably consented to its data practices when the…