Meta said it's happy with a $190 million settlement resolving a lawsuit alleging violations of user privacy in connection with the 2016 Cambridge Analytica scandal. Mark Zuckerberg and other current and former Meta senior executives agreed to pay, according to a news report Thursday.
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Julie Brill and Daniel Weitzner joined Ethyca's board, the data privacy infrastructure company said Thursday.
BRUSSELS -- Geopolitical issues are affecting privacy and digital regulation this year, speakers said Wednesday at the IAPP Data Protection Europe Congress. Polarization is influencing the policies that affect privacy practitioners' work, said Hogan Lovells data protection attorney Eduardo Ustaran.
Discussion about a draft executive order seeking to block states from regulating AI is “speculation” until something is announced, a White House official said in a statement Thursday (see 2511190059). However, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) and others condemned the possible preemption attempt.
When seeking to comply with privacy laws, companies often fall short in a few key areas, including cookies, kids’ privacy and the collection of sensitive data, an Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) official said Wednesday during a webinar by compliance vendor Privado.
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AI chatbots create privacy risks, and Congress should explore data-protection obligations, House Commerce Committee Republicans and Democrats said during a House Oversight Subcommittee hearing Tuesday.
FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak has been appointed interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah, the agency announced Monday, as expected (see 2510300033). Holyoak served her last day as commissioner on Monday.
New York legislators always expected the potential for amendment negotiations with Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on recently passed comprehensive AI legislation, Assemblymember Alex Bores (D) said in a recent interview with Privacy Daily. Now running for the U.S. Congress, Bores also told us he will prioritize legislating on federal privacy, AI safety and personal data control if elected.
Kochava must change its business practices as part of a settlement resolving claims the data broker sold location information of app users. A federal judge approved the final settlement Wednesday.