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fromMiami Herald
19 hours agoCalifornia county sues Meta, alleging it made billions from scam ads as Californians lost billions
Santa Clara County sued Meta for allegedly enabling and profiting from fraudulent Facebook and Instagram ads, seeking restitution, penalties, and practice changes.
#consumer-protection
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fromSan Jose Inside
16 hours agoSanta Clara County Sues Meta for Making Billions from 'Scam Ads' on Facebook and Instagram
Santa Clara County sued Meta for allegedly enabling and profiting from billions of scam ads on Facebook and Instagram, harming consumers and small businesses.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
21 hours agoSanta Clara County sues Meta, alleging it made billions from scam ads as Californians lost billions
Santa Clara County sued Meta for allegedly enabling and profiting from fraudulent Facebook and Instagram ads, seeking restitution, penalties, and practice changes.
#cybercrime
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fromtheregister
5 days agoFake IT workers rented laptops to Nork scammers, got prison time
Hosting company laptops with remote access software enabled North Korean IT impersonation schemes that generated over $1.2 million in fraudulent revenue and led to 18-month prison sentences.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
23 hours agoTexas AG Ken Paxton Sues Netflix for Spying' on Customers and Allegedly Ripping Off Their Data Without Consent
Texas sued Netflix alleging intentional tracking of Texans’ viewing data, including children’s profiles, without consent, violating deceptive trade practices and enabling data sales.
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fromEngadget
2 days agoGM agrees to pay $12.75 million to settle California lawsuit over misuse of customers' driving data - Engadget
General Motors agreed to pay $12.75 million and stop selling driving data to consumer reporting agencies for five years under a California settlement.
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fromNextgov.com
4 days agoTech bills of the week: Limiting data harvesting; AI for financial fraud prevention; and more
The YODA Act limits data collection and tracking cookies without explicit permission, enabling FTC and state enforcement and allowing civil suits for illegal data harvesting.
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fromThe Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
13 hours agoTexas sues Netflix for spying on children, selling data without consent | The Jerusalem Post
Texas sues Netflix for collecting and selling user data without consent, spying on children, and using addictive dark patterns like autoplay.
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fromTheWrap
1 day agoNetflix Sued by Texas AG Over Alleged 'Dark Pattern' of Deceptive Data Collection and Behavior Monitoring
Netflix is accused of misleading consumers about data collection, tracking, children’s profiles, and autoplay design, while building large-scale behavioral surveillance and advertising capabilities.
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fromThe Verge
1 day agoGM settles California lawsuit claiming it sold driving habit data to insurance companies
GM will pay $12.75 million to settle a California privacy lawsuit and stop selling driver location data to brokers for five years while giving drivers opt-out control for OnStar location collection.
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fromNextgov.com
4 days agoTech bills of the week: Limiting data harvesting; AI for financial fraud prevention; and more
The YODA Act limits data collection and tracking cookies without explicit permission, enabling FTC and state enforcement and allowing civil suits for illegal data harvesting.
fromwww.housingwire.com
3 hours agoZillow alleges MRED, Compass conspired over private listings
Zillow has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) and Compass, alleging the Chicagoland MLS and the nation's largest brokerage conspired to withhold listing data and pressure Zillow to carry private hidden listings nationwide, according to a company announcement.
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fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
1 day agoCanada's Bill C-22 Is a Repackaged Version of Last Year's Surveillance Nightmare
Bill C-22 requires one-year retention of digital metadata, expands foreign information sharing, and enables minister-ordered backdoors for law enforcement access while restricting public disclosure.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day agoPalantir's access to identifiable NHS England patient data is dangerous', MPs say
NHS England granted Palantir and contractors access to identifiable patient data before pseudonymisation, raising privacy fears and prompting warnings about insufficient safeguards and transparency.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
3 days agoLeaks of private data for use in Trump's anti-immigration campaign raises alarms
Personal data collected by private companies and for other benefits is being shared and repurposed by federal agencies to support immigration enforcement, raising privacy and surveillance concerns.
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fromKqed
3 days agoBerkeley Extends Surveillance Contract With Flock Safety but Rejects Major Expansion | KQED
Berkeley extended Flock Safety’s license plate reader contract up to 12 months while rejecting drone, software, and additional camera expansion and directing competitive bidding for alternatives.
fromThe Verge
5 days agoChatGPT's 'Trusted Contact' will alert loved ones of safety concerns
Trusted Contact is designed around a simple, expert-validated premise: when someone may be in crisis, connecting with someone they know and trust can make a meaningful difference. It offers another layer of support alongside the localized helplines already available in ChatGPT.
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fromComputerworld
4 days agoLinkedIn illegally blocking free accounts from seeing 'who's viewed your profile' data, group alleges
LinkedIn records profile visits and provides visibility controls, while claiming GDPR Article 15 is satisfied through disclosure via its Privacy Policy.
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fromwww.berkeleyside.org
5 days agoLeaked memo: Berkeley's Flock surveillance expansion has 'legal risks,' city attorneys say
Berkeley city lawyers warned of significant legal risks in a $2 million police surveillance expansion with Flock Safety, citing unreliable data protections, potential lawsuits, and concerns about the company's reliability.
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fromSecuritymagazine
5 days agoSynthetic Identities Are Redefining Trust in Biometric Systems
Human accuracy in identifying deepfakes falls below 25 percent in certain conditions, prompting identity verification systems to shift from individual recognition toward automated system validation.
fromwww.bbc.com
5 days agoWoman covertly filmed for 'humiliating' social media content - then told to pay
Alice was walking into a London shopping centre when she was approached by a man wearing smart glasses. She says she had no idea she was being filmed. 'In the moment I just thought OK this guy is just trying to talk to me, to chat me up,' she said. 'I was hoping that he would leave me alone eventually but he did actually follow me.'
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fromSlate Magazine
6 days agoWhen I Got Scammed, the Bank Fixed It. But Now I Might Be the Scammer.
I'd call the bank, especially if you have a little voice nagging. Yes, it's a big megacorporation that doesn't need the money, but this is more about keeping your side of the street clean.
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fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
1 week agoFormer EFF Activism Director's New Book, Transaction Denied, Explores What Happens When Financial Companies Act like Censors
Financial intermediaries frequently block accounts and transactions, impacting diverse individuals due to arbitrary policies and misinterpretations of laws related to speech.
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