Ryan Gallagher reports: As a journalist working for the Arab news network Alaraby, Rania Dridi said she’s taken precautions to avoid being targeted by hackers, keeping an eye out for suspicious messages and avoiding clicking on links or opening attachments from people she doesn’t know. Dridi’s phone got compromised anyway with what’s called a “zero-click”…
Category: Breaches
Texas AG Sues Meta Over Collection and Use of Biometric Data
Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity writes: On February 14, 2022, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton brought suit against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, over the company’s collection and use of biometric data. The suit alleges that Meta collected and used Texans’ facial geometry data in violation of the Texas Capture or Use of…
Bloomberg loses UK court case on suspect’s right to privacy
Jane Croft reports: Bloomberg has lost a privacy case at the UK’s highest court, which ruled on Wednesday that suspects in a criminal investigation have the right not to be named by media organisations until charges are brought. In a ruling that will have far-reaching implications for the British media, the Supreme Court found that…
Facebook (Meta) agrees to pay $90 million to settle lawsuit over Facebook tracking users’ online activity
Claire Duffy reports: Facebook (FB)-parent Meta has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old class action lawsuit over a practice that allowed the social network to track users’ activity across the internet, even if they had logged out of the platform. […] The settlement applies to US Facebook users who had an account between April 22,…