Bill Toulas reports: Experian Netherlands has been fined EUR 2.7 million ($3.2 million) for multiple violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) says that the credit and analytics services company used improperly personal data collected from multiple sources, both public and private, and did not inform customers. Experian is…
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Here’s What Your Browser Is Telling Everyone About You
Jacob Roach reports: You’re constantly leaving your fingerprint all over the internet. You leave it with the personal information you share willingly, the personal information you share unknowingly, and with the mountain of data that gets sent to each website you load. Maybe you know a thing or two about privacy and decided to pick up a…
LinkedIn Stuck With Three Lawsuits Over Online Data Tracking
Christopher Brown reports: LinkedIn Corp. must face three related lawsuits alleging it collected the sensitive information of visitors to several health-related websites without their consent in violation of California privacy laws. The individual plaintiffs in two of the proposed class actions adequately pleaded claims of invasion of privacy under the California Constitution and violations of…
Microsoft ‘illegally’ tracked students via 365 Education, says data watchdog
Joe Fay reports: An Austrian digital privacy group has claimed victory over Microsoft after the country’s data protection regulator ruled the software giant “illegally” tracked students via its 365 Education platform and used their data. noyb said the ruling [PDF] by the Austrian Data Protection Authority also confirmed that Microsoft had tried to shift responsibility for access requests to…