Dominic Preston reports: Apple has stopped offering its end-to-end encrypted iCloud storage, Advanced Data Protection (ADP), to new users in the UK, and will require existing users to disable the feature at some point in the future. The move comes following reports earlier this month that UK security services requested Apple grant them backdoor access…
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CPPA Brings Enforcement Action Against National Public Data
There’s been a state enforcement action against National Public Data, but it’s not for the data breach that resulted in the leak of 2.9 billion records. It’s for failure to register with California as a data broker under the state’s Delete Act. News: February 20, 2025 SACRAMENTO — The Enforcement Division of the California Privacy Protection…
CPPA Sponsors Crucial Personal Information Protection Bill
News: February 13, 2025 SACRAMENTO — On Wednesday, February 12, 2025, Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 566, sponsored by the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA). The bill requires browsers and mobile operating systems to give consumers a one-step option to limit the sharing of their information with opt-out preference signals. “I firmly believe in the…
Ninth Circuit upholds $725M Facebook settlement in Cambridge Analytica case, rejects objectors’ appeal
Michael Gennaro reports: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday afternoon that a federal court did not abuse its discretion in 2023 when it approved a $725 million settlement between Facebook, Inc. — now known as Meta — and a settlement class concerning the Cambridge Analytica scandal, an event in which Facebook misused personal data for political purposes. Two…