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Google’s shareholders have won a settlement of $350 million brought against the company for a breach of Google+ data that occurred between 2015-2018, and which had allowed outside developers access to the personal data of hundreds of thousands of Google+ users. Google+ shut down in 2019.

Mozilla Monitor’s new Plus subscription service now allows its more than 10 million users to run automatic scans of 190 data broker sites to check if personal information has been leaked. If so, the system provides tools to make the information private again. Subscribers can also take back their exposed data, so the brokers can’t sell it.

Oman is adding new privacy regulations. These include the requirement to obtain a permit before processing personal data, new procedures for handling data breaches, more stringent rules for managing children’s data, and increasing controls with regard to data controllers and processors.

Zero-party data, a.k.a. the data consumers give you by choice, can out-perform first-party data in garnering consumer trust, according to the Zero Party Data Revolution report from survey company, Attest. Consumers are increasingly weary of sharing data and distrustful of brands, with 85% reporting they sometimes opt-out of being added to mailing lists, and 58% doing so habitually. When it comes to sharing via first-party data collection with permission, the report says there’s variation by age category, and particular segment websites have significant opt-outs, including social media sites (47%), travel... Read More >

Datatilsynet, Denmark’s data protection agency, has ordered 53 municipalities throughout the country to change their data processing process to stop transferring student data to Google unless there’s a legal basis. Data of primary students which had been sent to Google previously had been used for commercial purposes in violation of Denmark’s and GDPR’s privacy laws.

Apple has not confirmed this, but officials in Beijing claim they can access information including email addresses and phone numbers. Security researchers have also claimed the encryption codes Apple uses for AirDrop aren’t sufficiently secure.

Streaming app developers and device sellers are being notified they may be in violation of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), if they don’t offer a proper, easy-to-use, opt-out mechanism. The state attorney general issued the warning, announced an investigative sweep, and would like to see a type of “Do Not Sell my PI” via click.

Privacy and dating don’t have a lot in common, but with the IAB Diligence Platform matching tool, advertisers and publishers looking for an adtech partner can fill out their perfect-partner wish list and find “the one” best, compliant vendor match for them.

Sri Lanka, considered to have one of the oldest flags in the world, now has the newest privacy law (passed Jan. 24, 2024). However, concerns are that the controversial Online Safety Act, which gives government broad powers and uses vague wording, will instead be used more to suppress dissent.

Not for lack of trying, according to 1,000+ privacy professionals, but a vast majority of EU companies would likely be found out-of-compliance if a data protection officer showed up unannounced to check. In fact, 74.4% assumed there would be relevant violations at the average company, and 56% reported difficulties trying to convince higher ups to improve on compliance. And, according to advocacy group noyb, more than 32% even reported pressure from their senior management to limit GDPR compliance.

Hard to say who was more dramatic, tech CEOs or the US Senators they were called to account by in a televised hearing. The sparring took place in front of an audience of parents who said their children were harmed or even killed as a result of platform engagement with social media. The proposed law at the center is the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which may have surprised some by garnering endorsements for passage from the likes of Microsoft, X and Snapchat.  But then the question that even many... Read More >

The company is reportedly working to address issues raised.