Katie Deighton reports: A pair of California lawmakers introduced a bill that aims to hold technology companies liable for social-media addictions that may affect children. The bill would let parents and guardians sue platforms that they believe addicted children in their care through advertising, push notifications and design features that promote compulsive use, particularly the…
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Plaid Data Privacy $58M Class Action Settlement
The following is from sponsored content posted on Top Class Actions: Plaid Inc. has agreed to pay $58 million to end class action lawsuit claims that it violated data privacy laws. The settlement benefits any U.S. resident who owns or owned one or more “financial accounts” accessed by Plaid, or for which Plaid obtained their…
Facebook fined $18.6M over string of 2018 breaches of EU’s GDPR
Natasha Lomas reports: Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has been fined €17 million (~$18.6 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) over a string of historical data breaches. The security lapses in question, which appear to have affected up to 30 million Facebook users, date back several years — and had been disclosed by Facebook…
Ireland’s privacy watchdog sued for inaction over ‘massive Google data breach’
Natasha Lomas reports: Ireland’s evasive response to a major security complaint filed against Google’s adtech the year the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into application is the target of a new lawsuit — which accuses the Data Protection Commission (DPC) of years of inaction over what the complainants assert is “the largest…