Despite denying wrongdoing, Zoom has agreed to pay $86 million to settle a US class action alleging it violated privacy by sharing personal data of millions of its users with Facebook, Google and LinkedIn. It was also blamed for misrepresenting its security encryption and not stopping hackers from “zoombombing.”
Luxembourg’s data protection authority has charged Amazon €746 million ($888 million) for violating EU GDPR data protection rules. Amazon, which is also under scrutiny in Europe for antitrust, claims this is ‘without merit,’ and plans to appeal.
Protecting the Information of our Vulnerable Children and Youth (PRIVCY) Act has been introduced in the U.S. House. It looks to expand the decades-old COPPA law that governs children’s privacy online, and incorporates key elements of the UK’s Age-Appropriate Design Code, including expansion of coverage to sites likely to be accessed by children and teenagers.
Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation. The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.