Keith Fraser reports: A B.C. judge has certified a class-action lawsuit against a company that breached Instagram’s privacy policies in connection with nearly 2.4 million Instagram users in Canada. The firm has been ordered to pay more than $24 million in damages. The allegation in the court case was that Hyp3r Inc., a U.S.-based marketing…
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UK: Vaccination passport app shares personal data of users with Amazon and Royal Mail
John Ferguson reports: The Scottish Government ’s controversial vaccination passport shares the personal data of users with a host of private firms, the Sunday Mail can reveal. Proof of inoculation is now required by law to get into football grounds or nightclubs north of the border, despite plans for a scheme having been scrapped in England. We have learned…
Apple Sues Israeli Spyware Maker, Seeking to Block Its Access to iPhones
Nicole Perlroth reports: Apple sued the NSO Group, the Israeli surveillance company, in federal court on Tuesday, another setback for the beleaguered firm and the unregulated spyware industry. The lawsuit is the second of its kind — Facebook sued the NSO Group in 2019 for targeting its WhatsApp users — and represents another consequential move by a private…
U.S. FTC recommended lawsuit against Amazon over privacy breaches at Ring – the Information
Reuters reports: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recommended filing a lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc over privacy and data security breaches in the e-commerce giant’s home security unit, Ring, earlier this year, the Information reported on Monday. FTC Chair Lina Khan, however, moved to suspend the recommendation following settlement negotiations with Amazon, according to the report…