Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced a nearly $1.4 billion settlement with Google in a case about the company's unlawful tracking and collecting of user's personal information, including geolocation and biometric data. Paxton filed the lawsuit against Google in October 2022, alleging violations of the Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (see 2210200075).
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) dressed down national menswear retailer Todd Snyder with a $345,178 fine Tuesday for alleged violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
TikTok's transfer of Europeans' personal data to China violated the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced Friday. It fined the social media platform $600 million (530 million euros) and ordered it to clean up its act within six months or face suspension of its data transfers to China. TikTok said it will appeal.
The FTC is finalizing its Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule with changes from the prior administration’s proposal, the agency said in a Federal Register notice scheduled for publication Tuesday.
The Senate voted 50-46 Thursday to confirm Mark Meador as an FTC commissioner, as expected (see 2503030044).
DOJ’s data transfer rule is scheduled to go into effect April 8, the department confirmed Wednesday.
The U.S. District Court for Northern California on Thursday granted NetChoice’s request for a preliminary injunction against California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA) aimed at protecting the privacy and safety of children online. California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) and his office are enjoined from enforcing the act.
Honda must pay $632,500 and change various privacy practices under an agreement with the California Privacy Protection Agency announced Wednesday. The CPPA board decided Friday to approve a settlement resolving the privacy agency's claims that the car manufacturer’s North American subsidiary violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
National Public Data faces a $46,000 fine from the California Privacy Protection Agency for failing to register as a data broker and pay an annual fee, the CPPA said Thursday. It's the CPPA’s sixth action stemming from an investigative sweep of California Delete Act compliance that it announced Oct. 30.
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law forcing ByteDance to divest TikTok, citing Congress’ “well-supported national security concerns.”