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A former Meta employee claimed company executives knowingly allowed minors to use its Horizon World virtual reality platform. Now the nonprofit Fairplay has filed a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint against Meta after their researchers found minors on the site.

The agency handles distribution of pensions and benefits to millions of people.  While the government didn’t say who they believe did it, local media claim it was the work of Algerian hackers as part of an on-going cyberwar.

Data was shared with Google Ads because Google Analytics had been installed and configured in a way that shared the data over the course of several years.  Oops!

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal which is overseeing the case between the UK government and Apple to allow the UK access to Apple’s Advanced Data Protection (ADP) system, agreed with civil rights groups and news organizations that the proceedings can proceed openly. Citing the legal principle of open justice, the case will determine if the UK government can gain backdoor access to data that Apple has refused granting to law enforcement in the past.

Seems forever ago that Elon Musk decided Twitter didn’t need much in the way of privacy/compliance staff for its transformation to X. Now, however, 201+ million X users whose data was breached and 2.8 billion X account holders, some of whom are bots, spammers and others who left the platform, may be disheartened to learn they’re targets of the biggest social media breach.

If you do business in Virginia take note! The state’s new SB 754 amendment to the Virginia Consumer Protection Act requires obtaining consent for disclosure of reproductive or sexual health information by any “supplier” of companies doing business in Virginia. This applies broadly beyond traditional health care businesses.

Exemplary on privacy? If you are and your focus is edtech, you might qualify for the new Common Sense Privacy Seal. Awarded by Common Sense Privacy, a spinout of Common Sense Media, the certification is awarded to identify companies that provide the best products and tools that prioritize privacy, including for data protection, third-party tracking and commercial profiling. It is intended to help consumers and schools with their buying decisions.

The company had denied there was a breach to Oracle Cloud, which was technically true as the data was held in an older version called Oracle Classic.

Business can comply using direct integration, third party tools, or passing consent signals in a TCF 2.0 string or via a CMP.

Despite its cost-cutting fervor, the US government may forgo ~$100 billion in tax revenue in favor of finding and challenging undocumented immigrants. Never mind that records held by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have been amongst the most closely guarded data in the past to protect individual personal and financial information. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is pressing for the data, which means taxpayers may be reluctant to file out of fear of harassment.

Sweet! Get faster, more relevant inbox search results. No longer will you have to see emails in order of receipt (so 2020s!). Gemini will look at how often you’ve engaged with senders and prioritize accordingly. For those wanting to make their own decisions, you can switch back to traditional view (or opt out) – though, sadly, this would hamper Google being able to collect your data for AI training.