In Brief: Zoom gets $85M fine for pandemic “Zoombombing” class action that went national after a Bible study class was bombarded with pornography
The settlement also requires Zoom to make more than a dozen changes to improve privacy and security.
The settlement also requires Zoom to make more than a dozen changes to improve privacy and security.
Teens fall outside the protective bounds of COPPA, the privacy legislation that protects children up to age 13 in the U.S. Yet, the 13-17 age group is a major consumer group that’s particularly vulnerable to risks and harms – and they’re a complex group to engage with. That’s why BBB National Programs’ Center for Industry Self-Regulation has stepped up with the TeenAge Privacy Program (TAPP), designed to help businesses manage teen data responsibly.
Researchers from the University of Washington, UC Davis, UC Irvine and Northeastern University said in a report that Amazon uses Alexa voice data for targeting, which is inconsistent with company privacy policies.
A U.S. district court judge has ruled that Google acted to create illegal monopolies in online advertising technology in a way that blocked competition and allowed higher ad prices to be charged. Google will appeal; meantime, the government will decide what to ask the court to do to remedy the monopoly. Google also faces a new U.K. antitrust lawsuit over its dominance of search.