Tom Chavez, Founding member of The Ethical Tech Project and Co-founder of super{set} writes: It was the “Sephora shot” heard around the world — to the tune of $1.2 million. When California fined the beauty brand this summer, it was the first enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act. The state said Sephora illegally…
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Google agrees to compliance reforms to prevent search warrant data loss
David Shepardson reports: The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google resolving a dispute with the search engine giant over the loss of data responsive to a 2016 search warrant. The government said it was a “first-of-its-kind resolution” that would result in Google reforming “its legal process compliance…
RNC sues Google over email spam filters, alleges ‘bias against Republicans’ ahead of midterms
Jill Colvin and Michael Liedtke of AP report: The Republican National Committee has filed a lawsuit against tech giant Google, alleging the company has been suppressing its email solicitations ahead of November’s midterm elections – an allegation Google denies. The lawsuit, filed in the District Court for the Eastern District of California Friday evening, accuses Gmail of…
Clearview AI gets third €20 million fine for illegal data collection
Bill Toulas reports: France’s data protection authority (CNIL) has fined Clearview AI with €20 million for illegal collection and processing of biometric data belonging to French citizens. The amount is the maximum financial penalty the company could receive as per GDPR Article 83. Clearview AI received the same fine from Italian and Greek data protection authorities for the same violations in…