While using data can help build meaningful connections with customers, businesses need to do so effectively and transparently, executives said Tuesday at the Association of National Advertisers' Masters of Data Conference.
The definition of consumer under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) is narrow, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said Tuesday. The appeals court affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a case against the Washington Examiner that alleged it violated the federal statute. A concurring opinion from one of the judges said the VPPA seems outdated and suggested that consumer was not the only term in the VPPA that should be narrowly defined.
The several lawsuits following the July data breach of women-only app Tea expose gaps in data governance and data protection guardrails that may be present within the entire app ecosystem, said Mary Bennett and Rob Robinson of privacy vendor HaystackID in a Friday blog post. First reported on July 25, the breach of Tea leaked 72,000 images, including 13,000 selfies with identifying information (see 2507280017). The app is intended to increase safety for online daters.
As privacy litigation under older laws has exploded, some have called for amending decades-old statutes often at the center of lawsuits so that they aren't applied to modern technologies. The California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) in particular has been subject to more scrutiny as litigation has increased (see 2503030050).
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) filing a court petition to force Tractor Supply Co. to comply with an investigative subpoena Wednesday demonstrates its willingness to fight for privacy rights, consumer advocacy groups and other privacy professionals said.
A July data breach of Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America precipitated a flurry of lawsuits alleging inadequate safety procedures. The company said the data breach exposed the personal information of most of its 1.4 million U.S. customers and stakeholders.
The California Privacy Protection Agency revealed -- and raised the stakes in -- an investigation of Tractor Supply Company, filing a court petition Wednesday that alleges the retailer failed to comply with an investigative subpoena seeking information about its compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Though the White House’s plans to collaborate with tech companies in building a health data-sharing system could ultimately result in a beneficial network, its current lack of clarity and transparency about data protections is concerning, consumer advocates said.
Meta violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) when it intentionally eavesdropped on users of the health app Flo Health and received sensitive data on users' menstrual cycles and reproductive health, said a federal jury decision Friday that was posted Monday. The plaintiffs alleged Flo transmitted their personal information without user consent to the social media platform and other third parties for commercial purposes.
Mississippi's attorney general asked the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to let stand a state law that requires parental consent for those younger than 18 to create accounts with certain digital service providers. AG Lynn Fitch (R) argued that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which on July 17 allowed the previously-enjoined law to go into effect with a stay on a lower court's injunction, had "compelling, independent merits grounds for issuing the stay."