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Robocall Legal Advocate Leaks Customer Data

Krebs on Security

The Blacklist Alliance provides technologies and services to marketing firms concerned about lawsuits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a 1991 law that restricts the making of telemarketing calls through the use of automatic telephone dialing systems and artificial or prerecorded voice messages.

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Meta Given Deadline to Address E.U. Concerns Over 'Pay or Consent' Model

The Hacker News

Meta has been given time till September 1, 2024, to respond to concerns raised by the European Commission over its "pay or consent" advertising model or risk-facing enforcement measures, including sanctions.

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Legal Zero-Days: How Old Laws Became a Novel Loss Generator

SecureWorld News

Companies across industries are being sued for using widely available web technologies: session replay tools, analytics platforms, and advertising trackers. The intent of these laws was clear at the timestop phone tapping, protect physical spaces, prevent retailers from disclosing what you rented on VHS. In some cases, they are.

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40% of online shops tricking users with “dark patterns”

Malwarebytes

The European Commission has been looking at retail websites to see if they're misleading consumers with "dark patterns". The Commission, along with the national consumer protection authorities of 23 EU member states, plus Norway and Iceland, have released the results of their screening of online shops. Spoiler: Yes, they are.

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Apple issued a partial fix for recent FaceTime spying bug

Security Affairs

“In the wake of this egregious bug that put the privacy of New Yorkers at risk, I support this investigation by the Attorney General into this serious consumer rights issue and direct the Division of Consumer Protection to help in any way possible,” Governor Cuomo announced. “We Pierluigi Paganini.

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Is Apple about to embrace third-party app stores?

Malwarebytes

If it happens, the move will bring both increased freedom and increased security risks. The Digital Markets Act puts an end to the ever-increasing dominance of Big Tech companies," said Andreas Schwab, an Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee of the Parliament rapporteur. New laws, new risks.

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GUEST ESSAY: A primer on the degrees of privacy tech companies assign to your digital footprints

The Last Watchdog

These have been used by advertising networks to retarget the user across multiple touchpoints on the web. Regulations such as the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) in the US and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the EU address this, particularly when personally identified information ( PII ) is involved.

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