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Sep 15 2023
News
European regulators fine TikTok over children's privacy
LONDON (AP) — European regulators slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine on Friday for failing to protect children’s privacy, the first time that the popular short video-sharing app has been punished for breaching Europe’s strict data privacy rules. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, the lead privacy regulator for Big Tech companies whose European headquarters are largely in Dublin, said
MarketWatchSep 13 2023
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Delaware Governor Signs Opt-Out Privacy Law
Delaware Governor John Carney this week signed a privacy law that gives residents the right to opt out of the use of their data for online behavioral advertising. The Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act, HB 154, specifically provides that consumers can opt out of ads based on pseudonymous data collected over time and across nonaffiliated sites -- including data stored on cookies or through
MediaPostNov 30 2023
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Florida Supreme Court: Marsy's Law privacy doesn't apply to police officers
In a decision with major ramifications for police accountability across the state, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the identities of police officers who use deadly force can’t be shrouded in secret under Marsy’s Law. The conservative high court, in a 6-0 decision issued Thursday, opined that Marsy’s Law, a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2018 that granted privacy and other
Tallahassee DemocratAug 18 2016
Opinion
The Privacy Debate is On
JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT, set to star as Edward Snowden in a new biopic from director Oliver Stone, says it’s a good time to talk about what it means to live in a democracy. hen director Oliver Stone called and asked him to play the lead in a movie about Edward Snowden, who exposed massive government surveillance programs, Joseph Gordon-Levitt was excited and nervous.
Not because he was
CNETAug 12 2022
Opinion
False Friends of Digital Privacy
The period following May 2013 witnessed a slew of disclosures about mass surveillance. There were jaw-dropping revelations about National Security Agency programs, software, and spy gear. Someone leaked an entire catalog of malware developed by the Central Intelligence Agency. And let’s not forget all the juicy reports about companies secretly cooperating with the intelligence community to
The American ConservativeNov 30 2023
News
Judge dismisses Todd Rokita's lawsuit against TikTok that alleged child safety, privacy concerns
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana county judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state accusing TikTok of deceiving its users about the level of inappropriate content for children on its platform and the security of its consumers' personal information. A pair of lawsuits filed in December 2022 accused the app of misleading its viewers — particularly children. They alleged the app
WFYINov 30 2023
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Indiana judge dismisses state’s lawsuit against TikTok that alleged child safety, privacy concerns
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana county judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state accusing TikTok of deceiving its users about the level of inappropriate content for children on its platform and the security of its consumers’ personal information. A pair of lawsuits filed in December 2022 accused the app of misleading its viewers — particularly children. They alleged the app contains
West Hawaii TodayNov 29 2023
News
Indiana judge dismisses state’s lawsuit against TikTok that alleged child safety, privacy concerns
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana county judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state accusing TikTok of deceiving its users about the level of inappropriate content for children on its platform and the security of its consumers’ personal information. A pair of lawsuits filed in December 2022 accused the app of misleading its viewers — particularly children. They alleged the app
NBC 12 WWBTMar 31 2023
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Italy blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns
Regulators in Italy issued a temporary ban on ChatGPT Friday, effective immediately, due to privacy concerns and said they had opened an investigation into how OpenAI, the US company behind the popular chatbot, uses data.
Italy’s data protection agency said users lacked information about the collection of their data and that a breach at ChatGPT had been reported on March 20.
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CNN BusinessMar 29 2023
News
Iowa Privacy Law To Take Effect In 2025
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a privacy bill Tuesday that empowers consumers to wield some control over their data but, unlike other state privacy bills, doesn't appear to give state residents the right to opt out of pseudonymous ad targeting. Reynolds stated Tuesday that the law, slated to take effect in 2025, will give consumers “a reasonable level of transparency and control over their
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