Jeffrey D. Neuburger of Proskauer Rose writes: On August 5, 2021, a proposed class action settlement was reached in the closely-watched privacy action against fintech services company Plaid Inc. (“Plaid”), featuring a $58 million settlement fund and certain injunctive relief that would make changes to Plaid’s methods of notice and consumer data collection, including provisions requiring the…
Category: Breaches
New Jersey Man Sentenced to Prison after Pleading Guilty to Posting Restricted Information to Social Media
August 2, PITTSBURGH – A resident of Paramus, New Jersey, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court in relation to a charge of making restricted information publicly available, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. William Kaetz, age 56, pleaded guilty to one count before United States District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan. In…
Naval Seaman Charged with Cyberstalking
SAN DIEGO – Naval seaman Sergio Reinaldo Williams was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with cyberstalking a civilian woman. According to the indictment, in October 2020, Williams sent graphic sexual messages via social media to the victim and members of her family, posted sexual videos of her on Pornhub.com without her knowledge or…
Leaked Document Says Google Fired Dozens of Employees for Data Misuse
Joseph Cox reports: Google fired dozens of employees between 2018 and 2020 for abusing their access to the company’s tools or data, with some workers potentially facing allegations of accessing Google user or employee data, according to an internal Google document obtained by Motherboard. The document provides concrete figures on an often delicate part of…