Richard Speed reports: The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has called for an end to website design practices that it claims could harm users. The regulator has singled out cookie consent banners as an example of where it will take action if it believes that consumers are being affected by harmful design. It went on…
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Google Faces ‘Incognito’ Mode Trial in Chrome Privacy Suit
Andrea Vittorio reports: Alphabet Inc.’s Google may face a trial in a class action brought by consumers who claim its Chrome web browser continued to collect their data even while navigating online in private “Incognito” mode. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rejected Google’s request for summary judgment in an order Monday, setting the stage for a potential trial in an…
A New Open Letter to Law School Deans about Privacy Law Scholars and Curriculum
Privacy law scholar Daniel Solove writes: Before the pandemic, which seems like eons ago, I spearheaded a group of legal academics and practitioners in the field of privacy law who sent a letter to the deans of all U.S. law schools about privacy law education. The pandemic occurred not too long after our letter, and deans…
Polish Health Minister quits amid public fury over privacy breach
The Sun Daily reports: Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Tuesday that he has accepted the resignation of Health Minister Adam Niedzielski who provoked outrage by disclosing sensitive information about a doctor, reported Xinhua. On Thursday, Poland’s private broadcaster screened footage about patients in the middle-eastern city of Poznan being unable to receive painkillers…