The Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland has an investigation into TikTok’s handling of children’s data to determine whether the company is complying with EU regulations about minors. This is one of two DPC investigations announced about TikTok, the other is on how data transfers to China are bring handled.
Data from 61 million Apple and Fitbit user fitness tracker records was exposed in a non-password-protected database belonging to GetHeath, a company which manages health and wellness data from hundreds of wearables, medical devices and apps.
The company’s identity infrastructure platform manages customer identities from end to end.
Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation. The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.