Sarah Guerrero and Lindsey Tonsager of Covington and Burling write: Judge Freeman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a class action against Google and several YouTube channel owners alleging various violations under California state law. Plaintiffs alleged Defendants infringed their children’s privacy and consumer rights by collecting personal information…
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Moscow court finds Google, YouTube guilty in breach of privacy over video depicting minor
Interfax reports: Moscow’s Tagansky District Court has granted a motion by the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) against Google LLC and YouTube by finding them guilty in a breach of privacy law. “The respondents’ actions have been found unlawful and violating the people’s right to personal and family…
Law enforcement wiretapped the very service used by criminals to evade interception
The virtual private network (VPN) Safe-Inet used by the world’s foremost cybercriminals has been taken down yesterday in a coordinated law enforcement action led by the German Reutlingen Police Headquarters together with Europol and law enforcement agencies from around the world. The Safe-Inet service was shut down and its infrastructure seized in Germany, the Netherlands,…
Kazakhstan spies on citizens’ HTTPS traffic; browser makers fight back
Dan Goodin reports: Google, Mozilla, Apple, and Microsoft said they’re joining forces to stop Kazakhstan’s government from decrypting and reading HTTPS-encrypted traffic sent between its citizens and overseas social media sites. All four of the companies’ browsers recently received updates that block a root certificate the government has been requiring some citizens to install. The…