The 15th Texas Court of Appeals ruled last week that Google is allowed to question Texas officials in a lawsuit alleging that the corporation unlawfully collected biometric privacy data of millions of Texas residents without their consent.
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The FTC released some initial insights from the surveillance pricing study, with findings that indicated intermediaries have access to a large amount of data types and sources, as well as tools that can influence prices that consumers see, said the commission in a blog Friday.
The FTC trumpeted two big enforcement actions as part of a flurry of announcements in the days before Monday's inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. The FTC on Thursday proposed a nonmonetary settlement with GM and OnStar over allegations the companies collected and sold consumers’ location data without proper consent. The commission on Friday announced a settlement of $20 million with the maker of the videogame Genshin Impact over allegations of violating a child privacy law. The FTC also revealed a long-awaited update to children’s online privacy rules Thursday (see 2501160068).
Data brokers have a Jan. 31 deadline to provide the California Privacy Protection Agency with full metrics about their responses in 2023 to privacy rights, Kelley Drye attorneys warned in a blog post earlier this week.
Solara Medical Supplies will pay $3 million to resolve possible violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday.
The FTC will require GoDaddy to implement a robust information security program after the agency alleged that the website-hosting company failed to secure itself against potentially harmful attacks, the FTC announced Wednesday.
State privacy officials in Delaware and New Hampshire aren’t intentionally looking to catch businesses breaking rules, they told an International Association of Privacy Professionals webinar Wednesday. Both states’ privacy laws took effect Jan. 1 (see 2501060066).
Allstate defended the practices of subsidiary data analytics company Arity after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) sued the insurer for the alleged unlawful collection, use and sale of location data from Texans’ cellphones.
The FTC on Tuesday announced two nonmonetary settlements with data brokers related to location data.