Dutch News reports: The Dutch privacy watchdog Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens has issued a warning about the use of AI-driven chatbots by companies, following several leaks of private information, including medical details. […] In one case, a family doctor’s assistant fed private information about patients into a ChatGPT-based programme, which was then stored on the tech company’s servers and…
Category: Breaches
Amazon Prime Video Class Action Lawsuits Explained
John Boitnott reports: With roughly 167 million US users, Amazon Prime Video stands as one of the most popular streaming services in the country. However, despite the widespread use of the platform and Amazon itself being a large and profitable business, the brand is no stranger to legal scrutiny. In fact, Amazon Prime Video recently…
FTC Investigation Leads to Lawsuit Against TikTok and ByteDance for Flagrantly Violating Children’s Privacy Law
On behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice sued video-sharing platform TikTok, its parent company ByteDance, as well as its affiliated companies, with flagrantly violating a children’s privacy law—the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act—and also alleged they infringed an existing FTC 2019 consent order against TikTok for violating COPPA. The complaint alleges defendants failed to comply…
Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures $1.4 Billion Settlement with Meta Over Its Unauthorized Capture of Personal Biometric Data In Largest Settlement Ever Obtained From An Action Brought By A Single State
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following press release today: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a $1.4 billion settlement with Meta (formerly known as Facebook) to stop the company’s practice of capturing and using the personal biometric data of millions of Texans without the authorization required by law. This settlement is the…