Jon Brodkin reports: A federal judge yesterday issued a temporary restraining order blocking DOGE’s access to Social Security Administration records, saying the DOGE agency created by President Donald Trump “is essentially engaged in a fishing expedition at SSA, in search of a fraud epidemic, based on little more than suspicion.” Plaintiffs are likely to win…
Melanie Ptok reports: A Luxembourg court has ordered Amazon to pay a €746 million fine imposed for data protection breaches by the national data watchdog, throwing out an appeal brought by the online retail giant. The administrative court dismissed the appeal against the penalty in a hearing on Tuesday, still the second-largest ever imposed since…
David Kessler and Sue Ross write: Although there is scant case law on the question, it is generally accepted that it is not a violation of one’s duty not to disclose information if it is stolen from you. Put another way, disclosure is an affirmative act, and, absent an affirmative duty to protect information from…
Dan Milmo explains: Apple will challenge a UK government demand to access encrypted customer data at a Royal Courts of Justice hearing in London on Friday.< The appeal will be considered by the investigatory powers tribunal, which investigates claims that the domestic intelligence services have acted unlawfully. What is the UK government asking Apple to do? The…