Christopher Brown reports: Capital One Financial Corp. is facing a proposed class action alleging the financial giant disclosed the personal and financial information of millions of consumers to Meta Platforms Inc., Google LLC, Microsoft Corp., and other third parties without their consent in violation of state and federal privacy laws. Vishal Shah and three other named plaintiffs accused Capital…
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Uber Hit by Record $324 Million Fine for Data Transfers to US
Sarah Jacob of Bloomberg reports: Uber Technologies Inc. was hit by a record €290 million ($324 million) by the Dutch privacy watchdog for failing to abide by European protection standards when it shipped swathes of sensitive data about its drivers to the US. The Dutch Data Protection Authority said Uber was collecting information of drivers…
Texas AG Latest To Sue GM For Covertly Selling Driver Data To Insurance Companies
Karl Bode writes: Last year Mozilla released a report showcasing how the auto industry has some of the worst privacy practices of any tech industry in America (no small feat). Massive amounts of driver behavior is collected by your car, and even more is hoovered up from your smartphone every time you connect. This data isn’t secured,…
A bipartisan data-privacy law could backfire on small businesses − 2 marketing professors explain why
John Lynch, University of Colorado Boulder and Jean-Pierre Dubé, University of Chicago Orion Brown started Black Travel Box to serve Black female travelers who find hotel lotions and shampoos inadequate. Randel Bennett co-founded the insurance startup Sigo Seguros for underserved Spanish-speaking drivers. Bill Shufelt and John Walker founded Athletic Brewing Company so athletes and nondrinkers…