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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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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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DOJ Lawsuit Targets Apple's Privacy 'Shield' in Antitrust Fight

SecureWorld News

It also accuses Apple of sharing user data for advertising purposes, making Google the default Safari browser search engine despite privacy concerns, and restricting user privacy controls over digital wallets, location services, and other sensitive data troves.

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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.

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Google to Pay a record $391M fine for misleading users about the collection of location data

Security Affairs

Location data represent the core of the digital advertising business of the IT giant. Google violated state consumer protection laws by misleading consumers about its location tracking practices since at least 2014. not hidden); and.

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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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Colorado New AI Act: Everything you Need to Know

Centraleyes

.” This legislation aims to protect consumers from the potential harms of AI by imposing strict requirements on developers and deployers of high-risk AI systems. Some view the legislation as necessary to ensure ethical AI development and maintain public trust in AI technologies.