Mozilla Monitor’s new Plus subscription service now allows its more than 10 million users to run automatic scans of 190 data broker sites to check if personal information has been leaked. If so, the system provides tools to make the information private again. Subscribers can also take back their exposed data, so the brokers can’t sell it.
Google’s shareholders have won a settlement of $350 million brought against the company for a breach of Google+ data that occurred between 2015-2018, and which had allowed outside developers access to the personal data of hundreds of thousands of Google+ users. Google+ shut down in 2019.
Oman is adding new privacy regulations. These include the requirement to obtain a permit before processing personal data, new procedures for handling data breaches, more stringent rules for managing children’s data, and increasing controls with regard to data controllers and processors.
Customer intelligence platform Acxiom will collaborate with ActionIQ to deliver enhanced customer insights. ActionIQ’s CDP will integrate with Acxiom’s demographic, household, behavioral and preference data and with Acxiom’s RealID identity resolution solution. Acxiom experts will work with clients to customize and streamline ActionIQ.