Privacy News & Issues
Brody Ford reports: Zoom Communications Inc. has offered $18 million to settle a four-year-old US Securities and Exchange Commission probe related to its privacy policies and communications. In the most recent quarter, the company recorded an $18 million expense for a “tentative settlement offer” with the financial regulator, Zoom disclosed Tuesday in a filing. A…
Tom Ely reports: Inland Revenue’s apology for giving Meta, the owner of Facebook, the names, addresses, and other contact details of 268,000 taxpayers is “not good enough,” according to a Tauranga resident who wishes to remain anonymous. “There should be compensation,” they said. Data was shared with social media platforms using custom audience lists to better target customers regarding their…
Suzanne Smalley reports: The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (UCCR) on Thursday released a report which asserts that three federal agencies’ use of facial recognition technology (FRT) is deeply concerning, not sufficiently standardized and not transparent enough. The commission studied how the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Housing…
Advocates want answers after The Markup found the department sharing student data with Meta By: Colin Lecher A new federal lawsuit, scheduled to be filed as soon as today, accuses the Department of Education of failing to disclose records of its correspondence with Facebook, after an investigation by The Markup found the department sharing sensitive…