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 A concurring opinion from one of the judges said the VPPA seems outdated and suggested that consumer was not the only term in the VPPA that should be narrowly defined.
London's High Court of Justice Monday tossed a challenge by nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation to provisions of the U.K. Online Safety Act (OSA) it claimed could jeopardize the privacy and safety of Wikipedia contributors, but stressed that contributors must be protected.
New Jersey’s proposed privacy rules might be the most “aggressive” in the country, particularly the potential limitations on AI-related data scraping, attorneys and a tech industry official said in interviews.
CAMDEN, N.J. -- A federal judge raised doubts Monday that the Communications Decency Act gives data brokers immunity from New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law. In an oral argument at the U.S. District Court for New Jersey, Judge Harvey Bartle heard preemption arguments from various data brokers sued by Atlas Data Privacy under the 2020 state law, which is aimed at protecting the personal information of judicial and law enforcement officers, child protective investigators and certain family members.
Meta could be more transparent about a new Instagram feature that lets users share their location with friends, a consumer privacy advocate said Friday. While another advocate also raised safety concerns, the company listed ways that the mapping feature protects privacy.
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).
Australian telco Optus could face fines of more than 21 trillion Australian dollars ($13.7 trillion) for a September 2022 data breach that compromised the privacy of nearly 10 million people, the Australian Information Commissioner (AIC) said Friday.
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).