Anna Bradley-Smith and JJ Ko reports: McDonald’s should have to face claims it violates Illinois data protection laws by collecting customers’ voiceprints without their consent at its drive-thrus, plaintiff Shannon Carpenter has argued in response to McDonald’s attempt to have his lawsuit dismissed. Carpenter, who filed his class action lawsuit in April and recently had it…
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Prince Harry in UK court for privacy case against Daily Mail publisher
Reuters reports: Britain’s Prince Harry made a surprise appearance at London’s High Court on Monday as he and six other high profile figures began their lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail paper over years of alleged phone-tapping and privacy breaches. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, has brought a lawsuit against Associated…
TikTok congressional hearing: CEO Shou Zi Chew grilled by US lawmakers
David Shepardson and Rami Ayyub report: U.S. lawmakers on Thursday battered TikTok’s CEO about potential Chinese influence over the platform and said its short videos were damaging children’s mental health, reflecting bipartisan concerns about the app’s power over Americans. CEO Shou Zi Chew’s testimony before Congress did little to assuage U.S. worries over TikTok’s China-based parent company…
Meta Judge Grudgingly OKs $37.5M Tracking Deal For Now
A California federal judge on Thursday said he’d initially OK Meta’s $37.5 million deal to resolve claims it tracked 70 million users’ locations but pressed for a cy pres-only distribution, saying “no one” will submit a claim for “50 cents” and his approval is “the dictionary definition of ‘preliminary.’” Read more at Law360 (paywalled).