It’s 200x greater than the largest fine ever for breaking a promise to improve privacy practices.
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Budget Android manufacturer Blu settles with FTC over privacy fiasco
These are the phones that were calling home to Shanghai every 72 hours, with no opt-in or notice, to hand over a whole lot of PII.
LinkedIn settles class action suit over 2012 unsalted password leak
LinkedIn is privately settling the 2012 unsalted password leak. Were you one of the 800,000 affected users? Here’s what you need to know. 
Fake Facebook account case settled with DEA who admits no wrongdoing
The Feds have agreed to pay $134,000 to settle a case over having taken a phony Facebook profile out to lure suspects. Nothing in the ruling prohibits future use of such deceptive tactics. 