Latest Data Privacy Headlines
All the headlines from our Data Privacy Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Cosmetics Maker Sephora Settles Customer Data Privacy Suit in California
Aug 26 2022 // Sephora Inc., one of the world’s largest cosmetics retailers, has settled a lawsuit claiming that the company sold customer information without proper notice in violation of the California’s landmark consumer...
How the American Data Privacy and Protection Act Will Increase Costs
Jul 18 2022 // There are many sectors of the U.S. economy that are not subject to rigorous privacy regulations. The insurance industry is not one of them. Our industry has a long history of protecting the privacy interests of its...
Connecticut Gov. Lamont Signs Consumer Data Privacy Law
Jun 22 2022 // Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has signed into law Public Act 22-15, which provides consumers with greater ability to safeguard their personal data that is collected by online companies. Most notably, the law requires...
Insurance 101: Everything You Wanted to Know About HIPAA But Were Afraid to Ask
Jun 8 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) may be one of the most commonly referenced health insurance laws, not just by insurance...
New York Vaccine Privacy Bill Sent to Gov. Hochul
Jun 7 2022 // Privacy advocates are urging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to affix her signature on a bill that would protect sensitive information gathered from people being vaccinated against COVID-19. Advocates say the unfettered sharing...
Twitter Will Pay $150M to Settle With U.S. Over Data Privacy Violations
May 26 2022 // Twitter Inc. has agreed to pay $150 million to settle allegations it misused private information, like phone numbers, to target advertising after telling users the information would be used for security reasons, according...
Connecticut Legislators Pass Consumer Data Privacy ‘Bill of Rights’
May 2 2022 // Consumers in Connecticut will be able to know when their personal information is being tracked and how it’s being used under a wide-ranging data privacy bill that’s headed to Gov. Ned Lamont’s desk. The...
Report from California Watchdog Group Calls for Privacy Protections from Connected Cars
Mar 30 2022 // A new report from a consumer group calls out what it says are privacy problems posed for consumers from connected cars and it points to new rules to be developed in California as a potential model across the...
Zuckerberg Deposition Blocked by Judge in D.C. Privacy Case
Mar 18 2022 // A request to depose Mark Zuckerberg as part of Washington, D.C.’s data-privacy lawsuit against Facebook drew a blistering denial from the judge overseeing the case, who called the attempt “frankly...
Meta’s Facebook to Pay $90 Million to Settle Privacy Lawsuit Over User Tracking
Feb 22 2022 // Facebook agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old privacy lawsuit accusing it of tracking users’ internet activity even after they logged out of the social media website. A proposed preliminary settlement was...
Massachusetts Lawmakers Advance Internet Data Privacy Bill
Feb 7 2022 // A bill that would grant Massachusetts residents what supporters describe as fundamental internet privacy rights — including greater control over their personal information — is making its way through the...
Arizona Judge Rules Google Should Face Jury in State’s Location Privacy Lawsuit
Jan 26 2022 // Allegations that Alphabet Inc.’s Google deceived users with unclear smartphone location tracking settings should be weighed by a jury, an Arizona judge ruled on Tuesday, refusing to toss out a lawsuit brought by the...
France Data Privacy Watchdog Slaps €150M Fine on Google for Misusing ‘Cookies’
Jan 6 2022 // PARIS – France’s data privacy watchdog CNIL said on Thursday it had fined Alphabet’s Google a record 150 million euros ($169 million) for making it difficult for internet users to refuse online trackers known...
Gone Phishing: There’s No Vacation for Data Security in the Insurance Industry
Nov 16 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. The summer months can bring some much-needed time off for many in the insurance industry. But one thing that shouldn’t be taking a break is your emphasis on...
Google Data Privacy Suit Dismissed After Top UK Court Rules Against Class Action
Nov 10 2021 // Google won its bid to dismiss a data privacy lawsuit filed on behalf of millions of iPhone users, after the UK’s top court said the tech giant couldn’t be served with a class action suit. The case, which sought...
Britain Looks to Revisit Data Privacy Regulations
Sep 10 2021 // Britain said it would overhaul its data protection regulator to help strengthen economic growth and better protect the public, giving authorities scope to impose tougher penalties and fines for nuisance calls and text...
Judge Says Apple Must Face Siri Privacy Lawsuit
Sep 3 2021 // A federal judge on Thursday said Apple Inc. must face nearly all of a proposed class action lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated Siri assistant violates users’ privacy. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White said the...
