Talia Soglin reports: Millions of Illinois Instagram users may be eligible for a cut of a new $68.5 million class-action biometric privacy settlement. The lawsuit alleges facial recognition technology used on the app until November 2021 violated Illinois’ biometric privacy law, which is considered the strictest in the nation. Any person who used Instagram while…
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DSIR Deeper Dive: A New Wave of Privacy Class Actions Targets Hospital Website Analytics Tools
Melissa Bilancini and Alexander Vitruk of BakerHostetler write: … Since June 2022, over 100 Hospital Website Pixel Cases have been filed against hospitals in federal and state courts around the country. Despite the growing number of cases, there is limited precedent regarding potential liability. None of the cases have gone to trial, and we are…
No Need to Hack When It’s Leaking, Monday edition: Dating App That Claims 50 Million Users Suffered a Data Breach
Jeremiah Fowler writes: Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about a non-password protected database that contained approximately 2.3 million records. Upon further investigation, it became clear that these records were associated with multiple dating applications contained in a single database. A majority of the records referred to an application called 419 Dating – Chat…
Bill That Would Force Internet Companies to Spy on Their Users for the DEA Headed to Senate Floor
Lucas Ropek reported: Internet drug sales have skyrocketed in recent years, allowing powerful narcotics to be peddled to American teenagers and adolescents. It’s a trend that’s led to an epidemic of overdoses and left countless young people dead. Now, a bill scheduled for a congressional vote seeks to tackle the problem, but it comes with a major catch. Critics…