Liz Gannes reports: Google will soon settle with the attorneys general representing more than 30 U.S. states over its Street View cars collecting data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks, multiple sources said. Google is to pay $7 million, to be distributed among the attorneys general, according to a person familiar with the matter. That person said…
Category: Breaches
iOS apps leak more personal data than do Android apps – report
Kevin Bostic writes: The most popular free apps on Apple’s iOS platform are sharing significantly more user data than the most popular apps on Google’s Android platform, according to a study recently released by Appthority. Read more on AppleInsider.
NY: Cuomo announces 13,000 identity fraud cases investigated by DMV using facial recognition technology
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has investigated 13,000 possible cases of identity fraud since facial recognition technology was implemented three years ago. These investigations have resulted in more than 2,500 arrests and more than 5,000 individuals facing administrative action. In February 2010, DMV implemented facial recognition…
Should the FTC require entities to notify us if they have breached our privacy?
As I noted yesterday, there have been at least three potential class action lawsuits against rent-to-own companies that used DesignerWare LLC software that, unbeknownst to consumers, remotely activated webcam images of individuals in their homes and in what might be sensitive or embarrassing situations. One of the allegations in one of the lawsuits, however, made…