Isaiah Poritz reports: Google LLC lost its final bid to escape a sweeping privacy class action alleging the tech giant covertly collects consumer data even after they turn an “off switch” that purportedly stops the tracking. Judge Richard Seeborg on Tuesday ruled that Google must face a federal jury, rejecting the company’s arguments that Google users…
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Texas Attorney General Launches Investigation into 15 Tech Companies
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently launched investigations into Character.AI and 14 other technology companies on allegations of failure to comply with the safety and privacy requirements of the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment (“SCOPE”) Act and the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act. The SCOPE Act places guardrails on digital service providers, including AI…
Firefox to remove Do Not Track feature
Seen on Risky Biz News by Catalin Cimpanu: Firefox to remove DNT: Mozilla will remove the DoNotTrack feature from Firefox next year. The feature was introduced in 2011 as a way for users to tell websites not to track them. Mozilla says it’s removing the feature because most websites don’t respect it. DoNotTrack will be removed with Firefox…
International operation takes down another encrypted messaging service used by criminals
Europol announces: Authorities are staying on top of the encrypted messaging services that criminals use to undertake their activities. A joint investigation team (JIT) involving French and Dutch authorities has taken down another sophisticated encrypted messaging service, MATRIX. For three months, authorities were able to monitor the messages from possible criminals, which will now be…