Glyn Moody writes: It’s no secret that practically every Web page we visit is infested with trackers. On its own, that would be bad enough. But most trackers are used in order to aggregate enormous quantities of data. Taken together, these create extremely detailed profiles that reveal many things about us, include some pretty private…
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Google and Amazon fined for cookies breach by French privacy regulator
Sam Shead reports: France’s data protection regulator, the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, issued Google and Amazon with substantial fines on Thursday for breaking rules on online advertising trackers, known as cookies. The watchdog ordered Google to pay 100 million euros ($121 million) and Amazon to pay 35 million euros. The CNIL said both companies had breached Article 82 of…
Feds logged website visitors in 2019, citing Patriot Act authority
Kate Cox reports: The federal government gathered up visitor logs for some websites in 2019, the Office of Director of National Intelligence disclosed in letters made public this week. And the feds cited authority derived from a provision of the Patriot Act to do it. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe confirmed these actions in…
New Mexico AG Files Notice of Appeal in Suit Against Google Regarding Alleged Violations of COPPA
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On November 27, 2020, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in the lawsuit it brought against Google on February 20, 2020, regarding alleged violations of the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) in connection with G-Suite for…