US healthcare giant is warning millions of current and former patients that their personal information was exposed to third-party advertisers.
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Key Lawmakers Float New Rules for Personal Data Protection; Bill Would Make Privacy a Consumer Right
The American Privacy Rights Act would preempt most state privacy laws — though it wouldn’t impact certain states’ laws already on the books that protect financial, health or employee data.
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Browsing in Incognito Mode Doesn’t Protect You as Much as You Might Think
Incognito modes generally do not prevent the websites you visit from seeing your location, via your IP address, or stop your internet service provider from logging your activities.
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Bill That Could Ban TikTok Passed in the House. Here’s What to Know
The House passed legislation that would ban TikTok if its China-based owner ByteDance doesn’t sell its stakes in the popular social media platform within six months of the bill’s enactment.
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White House to Issue Executive Order on Personal Information Protection
A coming White House Executive Order seeks to protect personal information by preventing the mass transfer of Americans’ sensitive data to countries of concern.
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FTC Accuses Avast of Selling Customer Browsing Data to Advertisers
European security vendor Avast is charged with harvesting consumer web browsing data through its browser extension and anti-virus software and “and sold it without adequate notice and without consumer consent.”
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EU Watchdog Urged to Reject Meta ‘Pay for Privacy’ Scheme
Civil rights groups called on an EU watchdog to rule against Facebook owner Meta’s scheme to let Europeans pay to opt out of data tracking, which they say violates EU law.
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At Least 30 Journalists, Lawyers and Activists Hacked With Pegasus in Jordan, Forensic Probe Finds
Pegasus spyware from NSO Group was used in Jordan to hack the cellphones of journalists, lawyers, human rights and political activists.
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Ring Will No Longer Allow Police to Request Doorbell Camera Footage From Users
Amazon-owned Ring will stop allowing police to request doorbell camera footage from users following criticism from privacy advocates.
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France Fines Yahoo 10 Mn Euros Over Cookie Abuses
France’s data protection watchdog fines Yahoo 10 million euros for not respecting users’ refusals of internet-tracking “cookies”
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