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Facebook users were duped by Cambridge Analytica, FTC rules
Delete the data, and don’t do any of that again, the FTC told the data analytics company, which already filed for bankruptcy in 2018.
TikTok settles class action over child privacy one day after it’s filed
The $1.1m settlement is an “excellent result,” TikTok said, unsurprisingly: compared with its $5.7m FTC fine, it’s dirt cheap.
US parents file class action against TikTok over children’s privacy
Collecting children’s data without their guardians’ consent is illegal under COPPA and already earned TikTok a huge fine.
Alleged mastermind behind $20m stolen-card site extradited to US
Aleksei Burkov allegedly ran Cardplanet, advertised as the only shop with a guarantee: your stolen card will work, or you get a new one!
Uber sues LA in bid to protect scooter riders’ geolocation data
The anonymized real-time location data the city’s after can easily be associated with riders, thereby jeopardizing their privacy, Uber says.
Travel database exposed PII on US government employees
A property management company owned by hotel chain Best Western has exposed 179 GB of sensitive travel information on thousands of travelers.
Twitter used 2FA phone numbers for targeted advertising
Twitter may have “inadvertently” handed phone and email data from some users to advertisers as part of its Tailored Audiences system that targets users’ feeds with ads.
£3 billion Safari iPhone privacy lawsuit given go-ahead
A UK class action lawsuit against Google, that represents around 5 million iPhone users, can go ahead, according to the UK Court of Appeal.
Leaky database spills data on 20 million Ecuadorians and businesses
Included are deep details on 7 million minors, one grownup named Julian Assange, and perhaps a few million deceased Ecuadorians.