Joe Cadillic sends this along concise write-up from Matthew Casey at KJZZ: GAO reports shortcomings in federal law enforcement on privacy and civil liberties The first says a Homeland Security intelligence office that shares sensitive data with police and others has not done audits to make sure employees accessing the info have permission. The second says…
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Irish Data Protection Commission announces €345 million fine of TikTok
15th September 2023 The Data Protection Commission (DPC) adopted its final decision regarding its inquiry into TikTok Technology Limited (TTL) on 1 September 2023. This own-volition inquiry sought to examine the extent to which, during the period between 31 July 2020 and 31 December 2020 (the Relevant Period), TTL complied with its obligations under the GDPR…
Google reaches $93 million privacy settlement with California
Jonathan Stempl reports: Google will pay California $93 million to resolve a lawsuit accusing the search engine company of misleading consumers about its location tracking practices. The settlement announced on Thursday by California Attorney General Rob Bonta resolves claims that the Alphabet Inc unit deceived people into believing they maintained control over how Google collected…
Your car may be scraping and selling your data, and there isn’t much you can do to stop it
Parker McKenzie reports: Car manufacturers are engaging in a “privacy nightmare” by scraping sensitive user data and potentially selling it to unknown actors, according to a new report on the widespread terrible practices in the industry. Mozilla’s Privacy Not Included found 25 major car brands are “terrible at privacy and security” of user data, and their…