Google's nearly $1.4 billion settlement with Texas solidifies the state's status as an aggressive privacy enforcer, lawyers and consumer privacy advocates said Monday. Texas announced the settlement Friday in a case involving Google's allegedly unlawful tracking and collection of users' personal information, including geolocation and biometric data (see 2505090071).
Irish Data Protection Commission Deputy Commissioner Cian O'Brien sees a "welcome trend" toward greater agreement among EU data protection authorities (DPAs) in enforcement cases. He spoke Friday during an IAPP webinar about the office's decision against TikTok.
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).
Incorporating children's and teen safety into privacy has led to a variety of approaches under state law, said two Latham Watkins attorneys on a panel at the Privacy + Security Forum spring academy Friday. An age-gate is the best way for companies to ensure compliance with all of them, they added.
Days after an enforcement action against menswear retailer Todd Snyder, the California Privacy Protection Agency said its board ordered National Public Data to pay a $46,000 fine, the maximum allowed. The now-closed data broker failed to register as a data broker and pay an annual fee, as the California Delete Act requires, the CPPA said Thursday.
While the Biden administration’s FTC focused on platform accountability for child safety, the Trump FTC appears far more concerned with strengthening parental control to protect kids' privacy and shield them from online harm, former FTC officials said Thursday at the Privacy + Security Forum Spring Academy.
No matter how aggressively the FTC under the Trump administration pursues privacy cases, state attorneys general are clearly ready to band together and enforce state laws, Safeguard Privacy General Counsel Andy Hepburn said Wednesday at the Privacy + Security Forum.
There’s a checklist companies can complete to show they’re operating in “good faith” to comply with DOJ’s Data Security Program before full enforcement begins July 8 (see 2504140047), Orrick attorneys said Wednesday at the Privacy + Security Forum Spring Academy event.
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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). Closely following CPPA action last March against Honda, the Todd Snyder case is more than an enforcement action. It also “highlights a trend by this agency of looking beyond surface compliance with the CCPA,” Wiley privacy attorney Joan Stewart told us. The agency’s board adopted the enforcement decision May 1.