Nigeria’s government is expediting passage of a National Data Processing Bill. The head of the country’s Senate Committee on Information Communication Technology (ICT) intends to get the bill to the President’s desk this month with plans for passage by the end of the year.
Arizona’s Attorney General sued Google in 2020 for use of “dark patterns” to manipulate user behavior. The state also accused Google of using location tracking services even when companies had tried to turn off that capability. This settlement is to resolve the location tracking claims and, while very high, is still tiny for a company whose 2021 ad revenue was close to $200 billion.
In fact, Policygenius’ annual Home & Auto Insurance Technology survey found a 10% rise in 2021 over last year of consumers who reported they would decline a discount. Sixty-eight percent said they wouldn’t install an app that records driving behavior, although 67% of that group would change their mind if the rate was dropped by more than half. And 65% felt no discount was worth installing a smart home device that shared data with insurance companies.
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its holdings within a year. The bill now goes to the President Biden, who has said he will sign it. Court challenges are likely to follow.