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.
It’s clear DOJ is taking its data transfer rule seriously, given its newly released FAQ offering “substantial” financial reward for whistleblowers, Hogan Lovells attorney James Denvil said in a podcast about the Data Security Program released Thursday.
Growing enforcement and the AI explosion are driving steady growth in the global privacy compliance market, said IDC analyst Ryan O’Leary in an interview this week with Privacy Daily. IDC’s 2025 MarketScape report on worldwide data privacy compliance vendors found that the market grew 18% year over year, hitting $1.5 billion in revenue in 2025.
Mobile gaming company Jam City will pay $1.4 million in a California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) settlement, state Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said in a press release emailed Friday. The company failed to provide consumers ways to opt out of selling or sharing their personal information across its popular apps, which include games based on the Frozen and Harry Potter franchises.
The California Privacy Protection Agency will roll out a Data Broker Enforcement Strike Force to review industry compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the Delete Act’s registration requirements, CalPrivacy said Wednesday.
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.
BRUSSELS -- It has taken time for DPAs to get up to speed on what the GDPR means in practice and how to carry out fast, objectively fair enforcement actions, Irish Data Protection Commissioner Dale Sunderland said Wednesday at the IAPP Data Protection Europe Congress.
A future U.S. Supreme Court ruling could limit the ability of attorneys general to issue investigative subpoenas or civil investigative demands (CIDs), a privacy lawyer and a consumer advocate said in interviews with Privacy Daily. As subpoenas and CIDs are foundational tools for attorneys general, restrictions on them could impact the number of enforcement actions, including privacy settlements, they said.
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.