In Brief: Comcast’s Xfinity revealed nearly 36 million people globally were impacted by a massive data breach this fall
Stolen data included customer names, encrypted passwords and parts of social security numbers.
Stolen data included customer names, encrypted passwords and parts of social security numbers.
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) may soon get changed if the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has its way. It’s been a decade since COPPA was last changed, and now the FTC is soliciting public comments about their proposed changes which include stricter parental consent, guardrails around ed tech engagement, and limiting data retention.
This comes as the majority of physical attendants of parked cars, meters and parking attendants, are being replaced by automated ones.
Preliminary findings by the European Commission state that Apple and Google are in violation of the EU’s Digital Markets Act. Among the findings, Google Search is accused of prioritizing Google’s own products and services in results; Apple is instructed to improve interoperability between iOS and third-party devices. The companies now have an opportunity to respond.