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IT’S THE LAW (07/16/2024)

Pennsylvania’s Act 33 is a new law designed to strengthen protection of citizens following a data breach. Scheduled to go into effect late September, Act 33 mandates strict time limits in which organizations must provide notification of a data breach and requires companies to provide free credit monitoring to people whose data has been compromised.

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EU challenges X over dark pattern use

July 16, 2024

EU regulators are charging Elon Musk’s X with violating the Digital Services Act (DSA), including deceiving users via use of dark pattern practices, including allowing them to self-verify their identity, which goes against industry practice of identity confirmation from trustworthy sources. This is one of a number of potential violations regulators are exploring and if proven could result in penalties for X of up to 6% of global annual turnover.

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Children’s Privacy: NGL “Not gonna lie…” — but the app did to harm kids, says the FTC

July 16, 2024

In an unprecedented move, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office charged NGL (“not gonna lie”), a popular social media app downloaded millions of times, with cyber bullying and threatening teens and children. The company will be required to pay $5 million as part of a settlement that claimed its employees hooked kids into paying for services and preyed on them by tricking them into believing false messages of threats or solicitations produced by the company were sent by real users.

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