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At the same time, they are raising privacy advocate concerns about their utilizing data transferred via network operators, which is usually untouched.

California unanimously voted “No” to supporting H.R. 8152, the national draft legislation, the American Data Privacy Protection Act (ADPPA). The state’s privacy protection Board determined that in fact, the ADPPA would significantly weaken the privacy rights of California citizens by preempting the state’s CCPA law, as well as the laws of other states that have enacted privacy laws.

Russia doesn’t want its data processed and stored overseas and has begun to levy fines in an escalation against Big Tech. The 18 million ruble ($301,255) fine against WhatsApp is the second in a year, while Tinder, Snap and Hotels.com were fined more than 1 million, and Spotify, which in March closed its Russian office, was fined 500,000 rubles.

Namibia’s National Assembly passed the Access to Information Law to give citizens the right to know about government activity, as long as security is not jeopardized. The law also obligates public and private entities to make information available proactively. It now goes to the National Council for review then to the president to sign.

IBM Security’s Cost of Data Breach Report brings us the not-surprising-but-still-disappointing news that consumers are once again made to pay for company inaction. Eighty-three percent reported having more than one data breach, yet 79% of critical infrastructure organizations didn’t deploy a zero-trust architecture. The report showed cost at an all-time high, but 60% of the companies surveyed addressed their shortfall by increasing the cost of goods or services to their customers.

Hope you’re sitting down, as we’ve just learned that honesty matters and is gaining ground with people of all ages. In fact, it was the driver for more than half of first-time purchases in a survey of 1,000 US consumers and ranked as the top motivator for millennials. ActiveCampaign, the customer experience automation (CXA) company reported the bar is high on social for adopting new brands, and to succeed, businesses must inspire trust and take an omnichannel approach.

A bipartisan bill to revise COPPA, raising the age of privacy protection and protecting against ads to children, moves to the US Senate. The amendment would raise the age of privacy protection to 16 years and it would require companies to gain consent for collection and enable young users to erase personal information.

Concern is that TikTok’s location tracking and collection of user contact information and other data will be made available to Chinese authorities, even though local TikTok staff denies this happening.

The Colombian government, which provides journalists and other high-risk individuals bulletproof cars to ensure their safety while in the country, has been found to have installed GPS trackers on those same vehicles, so location can be reported on. Even more alarmingly, the system can also disable the cars’ engines.

Not a good press moment for the fast-food company which has offered its users a free coffee and donut to make up for their data being collected without consent.

Unfazed by terrestrial or historic boundaries, Amazon may be positioning to break with the 2,500+ year tradition of keeping patient data private because there may be good money to be made in doing so.

Documents found by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reveal the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has widely tracked people’s movement. Of more than 6,000 records reviewed, the agency found approximately 336,000 North American location points.  Over three days in 2018 in the southwest alone, 26 location points were tracked per minute. This, due to the DHS purchasing information from data broker Venntel, which had siphoned it from smartphone apps, so was not obligated to the same privacy restraints.