The Upper Tribunal (UT) has handed down its judgment in the UK Information Commissioner’s appeal against the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) decision on Clearview AI Inc (Clearview). In May 2022, the Commissioner fined US-based company Clearview £7.5m and issued an enforcement notice for scraping images of UK residents from the web and social media, and then uploading them into its global online…
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California hospitals can escape fines if workers expose patient info
Scott Holland reports that a California state appeals court agreed with a hospital that it should not be held liable for employee misbehavior if they had a clear policy in place but the employee knowingly violated it: A state appeals panel has agreed hospitals can’t be sued if one of their employees posts confidential patient…
Calif. Agency Fines Retailer $1.35M Over Data Privacy Lapses
Allison Grande reports: Rural lifestyle retailer Tractor Supply Co. will pay a $1.35 penalty and overhaul its data privacy practices to resolve the California privacy agency’s claims that it failed to properly notify consumers and job applicants of their privacy rights, maintain adequate agreements with service providers and provide consumers with an effective way to…
FTC Investigation Leads to Lawsuit Alleging Sendit App and its CEO Unlawfully Collected Personal Data from Children, Deceived Users About Messages, Subscription Memberships
From the Federal Trade Commission: The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against the operator of the Sendit anonymous messaging app for unlawfully collecting personal data from children, misleading users by sending messages from fake “people,” and tricking consumers into purchasing paid subscriptions by falsely promising to reveal the senders of anonymous messages. A complaint,…