From Fox Rothschild: Shortly after the recent video surveillance guidance from the EDPB, the Information Commissioner of the Isle of Man published an updated CCTV data protection guidance. Key takeaways for controllers: General Considerations and Governance: CCTV images identify living individuals and are, therefore, personal data. This means that the use of CCTV will be covered by…
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Facebook’s Facial Recognition Could Violate ‘Privacy Interests,’ Appeals Court Rules
Amanda Bronstad reports: A class action over Facebook’s facial recognition technology will go forward after a federal appeals court found that the social media site’s app could “violate the plaintiffs’ substantive privacy interests.” On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously affirmed a district court ruling granting certification of a class action…
Settlement Overturned In Privacy Lawsuit Against Google
AP reports: A federal appeals court has rejected a settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging that Mountain View-based Google spied on users’ online activity using tracking “cookies,” even when privacy settings were set to prevent the snooping. A three-judge panel ruled Tuesday that a Delaware judge erred in approving the settlement in 2017. Read more…
Twitter may have shared user data with ad partners without user consent
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Twitter said it recently found and fixed an issue on its advertising platform that resulted in the company sharing some user data with advertising partners without the users’ express consent. Impacted users include only those who clicked or viewed an ad for a mobile application and later interacted with that mobile application….