Latest Data Privacy Headlines
All the headlines from our Data Privacy Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maryland Governor Signs Online Data Privacy, Child Protection Bills
May 13 2024 // Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed two measures into law on Thursday that are aimed at better protecting personal data online from Big Tech, including a bill making Maryland the second state to try to create strong limits on...
China Orders Banks, Insurers to Review Cyber and Data Security
Jan 11 2024 // China’s financial regulator told its banks and insurers to thoroughly review cyber and data security across all their businesses, underscoring the government’s increased focus on national security and data...
Google Settles $5 Billion Consumer Privacy Lawsuit
Dec 29 2023 // Alphabet’s Google has agreed to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of millions of people who thought they were doing their browsing privately. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in...
Texas A.G. Secures Settlement With Blackbaud to Address Data Security Issues
Dec 12 2023 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has obtained a settlement with Blackbaud, Inc. (“Blackbaud”) to ensure that the South Carolina-based software provider corrects its deficient data security privacy practices...
Meta Asks Appeals Court to Tell FTC it Cannot Reopen Privacy Case
Nov 30 2023 // Meta Platforms, which owns WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, filed a lawsuit asking an appeals court to stop the U.S. Federal Trade Commission from unilaterally re-opening a consent agreement and ordering the social media...
Google Fails to End $5B Consumer Privacy Lawsuit
Aug 8 2023 // A U.S. judge rejected Google’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it invaded the privacy of millions of people by secretly tracking their internet use. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Monday said she...
Washington Physicians’ Insurer Issues Notice of Data Privacy Incident
Jul 27 2023 // Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company reported a security incident affecting the personal information for some third-party contractors and the health information for some of its insureds’ patients. “Although we...
Be Kind, Rewind: How a Blockbuster-Era Law Is Still Being Used in Data Privacy Disputes
Jul 5 2023 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv A 1988 law regarding video rentals is still affecting the legal, and even the insurance and technology landscape, today. The Video Privacy Protection Act was enacted in 1988 after judge and...
Texas Medical Liability Trust Reports Data Privacy Event
Mar 23 2023 // Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) provided notice that the company and its affiliates may have been affected by a recent data privacy event. On Oct. 12, 2022, TMLT identified suspicious activity within its environment...
China Eases Deadline Pressure for Multinationals’ Compliance With Data Security Rules
Mar 2 2023 // Chinese regulators have eased some deadline pressure on multinational companies struggling to comply with new rules requiring them to seek approval to export user data, according to lawyers advising clients on the...
China Urges State-Owned Firms to Drop Big 4 Auditors Over Data Security Concerns
Feb 23 2023 // Chinese authorities have urged state-owned firms to phase out using the four biggest international accounting firms, signaling continued concerns about data security even after Beijing reached a landmark deal to allow US...
Facebook Hit With $1 Million Fine Tied to User-Privacy Lawsuit
Feb 10 2023 // Facebook and its outside law firm were ordered to pay almost $1 million in sanctions for deceitfully denying that it shared users’ private information with third parties without permission. The fine is “loose...
Google Paying Indiana $20M to Resolve Privacy Suit
Jan 23 2023 // Google will pay Indiana $20 million to resolve the state’s lawsuit against the technology giant over allegedly deceptive location tracking practices, state Attorney General Todd Rokita announced. Rokitas filed a...
Washington Bill Would Force Period Tracking Apps to Follow Privacy Laws
Jan 18 2023 // When the Supreme Court last June stripped away constitutional protections for abortion, concerns grew over the use of period tracking apps because they aren’t protected by federal privacy laws. Privacy experts have...
Google Paying Indiana $20M to Resolve Privacy Suit
Jan 3 2023 // Google will pay Indiana $20 million to resolve the state’s lawsuit against the technology giant over allegedly deceptive location tracking practices, state Attorney General Todd Rokita announced. Rokitas filed a...
Google, YouTube Content Providers Must Face U.S. Children’s Privacy Lawsuit
Dec 29 2022 // A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit accusing Alphabet Inc’s Google and several other companies of violating the privacy of children under age 13 by tracking their YouTube activity without parental...
Google Defeats One Suit Over Chrome Data Privacy Practices
Dec 14 2022 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google defeated a privacy lawsuit by consumers who accused the company of snooping on them even after they opted out of sharing their web activity. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Monday...
U.S. Consumers Value Data Privacy Over Savings in Home, Auto Insurance: Policygenius
Oct 6 2022 // Despite inflation and rising costs, most Americans would rather pay more for insurance coverage than use data-monitoring devices, according to an annual survey from Policygenius. The survey found that 68% of U.S. consumers...
Australia Plans to Toughen Privacy Rules After Massive Cyber Attack on Optus
Sep 26 2022 // Australia plans to toughen privacy rules to force companies to notify banks faster when they experience cyber attacks, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday, after hackers targeted the country’s...
Maine Privacy Law Survives Challenge by Internet Service Providers
Sep 8 2022 // One of the strictest internet privacy laws in the United States has withstood a legal challenge, as a group of telecommunication providers has dropped its bid to overturn the Maine standard. Maine created one of the...
