Reuters reports: Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms will be fined one million crowns ($100,000) per day over privacy breaches unless it takes remedial action, Norway’s data protection authority said on Monday, in a move that could have wider European implications. Regulator Datatilsynet said it would charge the fine every day from August 4 until…
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Taxpayer Privacy Drives New Focus on Meta, Google Data Tracking
Skye Witley reports: Congressional scrutiny of taxpayers’ data privacy has spawned the latest debate over the use of online trackers created by tech companies like Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Meta Platforms, Inc., increasing the risk of litigation for businesses that deploy them. Hundreds of thousands of websites are embedded with what’s known as “pixel” technology, according to a…
Electronic Health Records Vendor NextGen Healthcare Inc. to Pay $31 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
From the Department of Justice on July 14: NextGen Healthcare Inc. (NextGen), an electronic health record (EHR) technology vendor, has agreed to pay $31 million to resolve allegations that NextGen violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by misrepresenting the capabilities of certain versions of its EHR software and providing unlawful remuneration to its users to…
The Brazilian Data Protection Authority has published its first sanction under the General Data Protection Law
Isabel da Costa Carvalho, Lizandra Baptista, and Julio Alves of Hogan Lovells write: On July 6, 2023, the Brazilian National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) published an order imposing the first fine for breaches of the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD). The fine, totaling BRL 14,400 (around USD 3,000), was issued to a small-sized telemarketing…