Aisha Counts reports: X, the social network that used to be known as Twitter, updated its privacy policy to include a new kind of user data it plans to collect: biometric. “Based on your consent, we may collect and use your biometric information for safety, security, and identification purposes,” the company said in its new policy….
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Rite Aid Faces Suit Over Health Data Disclosure to Google, Meta
Christopher Brown reports: Rite Aid Corp. shared the protected health information of visitors to its website with Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. without informing them or obtaining their consent in violation of Pennsylvania privacy laws, a proposed federal class action said. Marylou Anderson, Autumn Blaze, Calder Duffy, and Nashere McGee alleged that Rite Aid installed tracking tools from Google and…
High Court rejects claim DPC failed to investigate alleged Google data breach
Independent.ie reports: The High Court has dismissed a claim the Data Protection Commission failed to fully investigate a complaint made to it five years ago about an alleged massive data breach by the internet giant Google. The complaint about Google’s processing of personal data was made by Dr Johnny Ryan, who is a senior fellow…
YouTube may face billions in fines if FTC confirms child privacy violations
Ashley Belanger reports: Four nonprofit groups seeking to protect kids’ privacy online asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate YouTube today, after back-to-back reports allegedly showed that YouTube is still targeting personalized ads on videos “made for kids.” Now it has become urgent that the FTC probe YouTube’s data and advertising practices, the groups’ letter said,…