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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.

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FTC bans SpyFone and its CEO from continuing to sell stalkerware

Malwarebytes

Wednesday’s enforcement action represents a much firmer stance from the FTC compared to the settlement it reached in 2019 , when the government agency refrained from even using the term “stalkerware” and it focused more on lacking cybersecurity protections within the apps it investigated, not on the privacy invasions that were allowed.

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Google will pay $29.5M to settle two lawsuits over its location tracking practices

Security Affairs

Given the vast level of tracking and surveillance that technology companies can embed into their widely used products, it is only fair that consumers be informed of how important user data, including information about their every move, is gathered, tracked, and utilized by these companies. The IT giant will pay $9.5 million to D.C.