Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers (R) sued General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar on Tuesday for the alleged unlawful collection, processing and sale of sensitive driving data from state residents without their knowledge or consent. In a press conference Tuesday morning, Hilgers announced the suit, claiming violations of the Nebraska Consumer Protection Act and Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong (D) announced an $85,000 settlement with online marketplace TicketNetwork on Tuesday, the result of an investigation into potential violations of the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA). The AG said over two dozen cure notices were sent to the company in four separate sweeps addressing privacy notice deficiencies, and that TicketNetwork repeatedly said they have fixed the issues when that was not true.
In the first major enforcement under the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA), the state's Attorney General William Tong (D) reached an $85,000 settlement with online marketplace TicketNetwork concerning privacy violations, Tong's office said Tuesday.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is planning to relax some enforcement of consent requirements for companies that stop using intrusive tracking technologies, it said Monday (see 2504280042).
Recent enforcement against Honda and Healthline in California and FTC action against data brokers show that companies must understand data flow and consent, an executive with the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) said in an interview Monday.
A California privacy enforcer’s first use of a purpose-limitation requirement under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) makes this week’s record $1.55 million settlement with Healthline a significant enforcement action for companies in many sectors, privacy experts told Privacy Daily this week. Also significant was the highly technical, in-depth investigation that the office of Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) conducted, they said. Signs point to increased privacy enforcement ahead.
Following a joint stipulation of voluntary dismissal Friday from data scraper Bright Data and social media platform X, U.S. District Court for Northern California Judge William Alsup ordered the copyright case dismissed on Tuesday.
Healthline called a $1.55 million settlement with California "amicable" after an enforcement action alleged that the company committed a series of privacy violations (see 2507010074).
Utah should consider amending its comprehensive privacy law, given the underwhelming number of consumer privacy complaints filed in the statute’s first 18 months, said Attorney General Derek Brown (R) and the Utah Division of Consumer Protection in a report obtained Wednesday by Privacy Daily. “Complaints have not been as forthcoming as anticipated,” it said, but “violations are likely occurring.”
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