Sarah Guerrero and Lindsey Tonsager of Covington and Burling write: Judge Freeman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a class action against Google and several YouTube channel owners alleging various violations under California state law. Plaintiffs alleged Defendants infringed their children’s privacy and consumer rights by collecting personal information…
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School principal ordered to pay $3.6M for sharing students’ nude pictures online
Jacqueline Gray reports: A former principal in Kentucky who is serving a nine-year federal prison sentence was ordered last week to pay $3.6 million for confiscating students’ phones and uploading their nude photos to the internet. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, six accusers named ex-LaRue County High School principal Stephen Goodlett, 40, and the LaRue…
PIL filed before Delhi High Court alleging unauthorized access, usage and storage of Aadhaar data by Google Pay
Aditi Singh reports: A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Delhi High Court alleging unauthorized access, usage and storage of the Aadhaar data by Google Pay. (Abhijit Mishra vs UIDAI) The PIL has been filed by Abhijit Mishra, a financial economist. As per the petitioner, Google Pay in its terms and conditions has…
NSO used real people’s location data to pitch its contact-tracing tech, researchers say
Zack Whittaker reports: Spyware maker NSO Group used real phone location data on thousands of unsuspecting people when it demonstrated its new COVID-19 contact-tracing system to governments and journalists, researchers have concluded. NSO, a private intelligence company best known for developing and selling governments access to its Pegasus spyware, went on the charm offensive earlier this year…