Catalin Cimpanu reports: Facebook filed a lawsuit today in a US court against NSO Group, an Israeli company that sells spyware products. The social media giant claims that NSO Group has sold and had direct involvement in the deployment of a WhatsApp zero-day against more than 1,400 users. The WhatsApp zero-day came to light in…
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UK: Facebook agrees to pay £500,000 fine over Cambridge Analytica
Danny Palmer reports: Facebook has dropped an appeal and agreed to pay a £500,000 fine issued to it by the Information Commissioner’s Office after a investigation into the misuse of personal data in political campaigns. The UK data watchdog issued the fine last year following an investigation that found Facebook has failed to comply with UK…
‘C.L.O.U.D.’s On the Horizon: How Law Enforcement Electronic Data Requests Are Going Global
Christopher A. Ott of Davis Wright Tremaine writes: Companies storing or moving large quantities of digital information routinely encounter subpoenas, court orders and warrants from United States law enforcement for subscriber and related data and records. However, the realities of cybercrime and recent under-publicized diplomatic activities could dramatically increase the volume of incoming requests from…
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Go After Google for Misleading Consumers, Violating Privacy
Elliot Nash reports; Hours after Google announced a 23% fall in profits the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACC) is now having a crack at trying to take Google down a peg in Australia. The issue relates to data and claims that Google has breached consumer laws between January 2017 until late 2018. […] Between January…