Madhumita Murgia and Hannah Murphy report: California lawmakers plan to introduce a new bill to protect children’s data online this Thursday, mirroring the UK’s recently introduced children’s code, as part of growing momentum globally for stricter regulation on Big Tech. The California age-appropriate design-code bill will require many of the world’s biggest tech platforms headquartered…
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Texas AG Sues Meta Over Collection and Use of Biometric Data
Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity writes: On February 14, 2022, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton brought suit against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, over the company’s collection and use of biometric data. The suit alleges that Meta collected and used Texans’ facial geometry data in violation of the Texas Capture or Use of…
MoviePass 2.0 Wants to Track Your Eyeballs to Make Sure You Watch Ads
Matthew Gault reports: MoviePass is relaunching as a web3-style application where users earn credits to go to the movies by watching ads. The new MoviePass will use facial recognition and eye tracking tech in your phone to make sure that you’re actually watching those ads. […] The new MoviePass will also use your phone’s cameras…
Facebook (Meta) agrees to pay $90 million to settle lawsuit over Facebook tracking users’ online activity
Claire Duffy reports: Facebook (FB)-parent Meta has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old class action lawsuit over a practice that allowed the social network to track users’ activity across the internet, even if they had logged out of the platform. […] The settlement applies to US Facebook users who had an account between April 22,…