Samantha Hawkins reports: LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc. collects personal information from consumers and sells it to corporations, law enforcement, and government agencies without their consent, according to a complaint filed by immigration activists in an Illinois circuit court Tuesday. The activists claim LexisNexis’ practice of selling personal data through the online platform Accurint violates the privacy…
Category: Laws
State Privacy Laws Will Spur Action Against Dark Patterns
Alyssa Boyle reports: We’re about to see a lot more enforcement against dark patterns from the Federal Trade Commission and on a state level. Dark patterns involve using manipulative or ambiguous language that pushes people to take an action they either don’t understand or wouldn’t normally take, such as sharing their data or agreeing to…
New US Privacy Law May Give Telecoms Free Pass on $200 Million Fines
Joseph Cox reports: The American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA), a new federal privacy bill that has actually a chance of becoming law, is designed to introduce new privacy protections for Americans. But it may also have the side effect of wiping out $200 million worth of fines proposed against some of the country’s biggest telecommunications companies as part…
FTC: Commercial Surveillance and Data Security Rulemaking
From the FTC: Commercial surveillance is the business of collecting, analyzing, and profiting from information about people. Technologies essential to everyday life also enable near constant surveillance of people’s private lives. The volume of data collected exposes people to identity thieves and hackers. Mass surveillance has heightened the risks and stakes of errors, deception, manipulation,…