Privacy News & Issues
Oops. Never hit “publish’ on this and just discovered it stilling in pending posts. AP reports: The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm. The justices heard arguments in November in Meta’s bid to shut down the lawsuit. On…
Salvador Rizzo reports: A former medical worker who was convicted of illegally accessing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s hospital records as she underwent cancer treatment in 2019 was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison after a judge excoriated his “truly despicable conduct” and “stunning lack of empathy.” Trent J. Russell admitted he was active on 4chan, an…
Iconic Gun-Makers Gave Sensitive Customer Information to Political Operatives — ProPublica by Corey G. Johnson ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. This story was originally published at ProPublica. For years, America’s most iconic gun-makers turned over sensitive personal information…
Tori Guidry of Troutman Amin, LLP writes: A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of California residents, alleging that Domino’s Pizza, Inc. and ConverseNow Technologies, Inc. secretly intercepted and recorded phone calls placed by California customers. Plaintiff alleges that Domino’s utilized ConverseNow’s Voice AI technology, which wiretaps…