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Categories : CDPI Privacy Newsletter
Dates : May 2024

Children’s Privacy: Attempt at passing 3 US children’s privacy laws suffers IAB & other pushback

May 14, 2024
The IAB, American Civil Liberties Union and a dozen other organizations have fought against passage of amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0), the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Kids Off Social Media Act (KOSMA). There was some hope this month in Congress that these bills might pass as part of a bundle of amendments added to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act, but they along with most other amendments in the bundle were pulled out.
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Dropbox Sign has major breach & California class action is proposed

May 7, 2024
Dropbox has more than 700 million registered users and, while it’s not known how many customers use Dropbox Sign, the service is available on all Dropbox tier plans. So, the Dropbox Sign hack they announced may have affected millions of consumers. Now, a class action has been proposed out of California, which alleges private information of potentially millions of customers may have been exposed and accuses Dropbox of lacking the most basic security protocols thus leaving information at risk.
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