Comments are due March 17 on the FTC’s proposed settlement over allegations that GoDaddy misrepresented its data security practices for several years, the agency said in a Federal Register notice scheduled for publication Thursday.
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) Tuesday discussed enforcement activities concerning the DeepSeek AI chatbot and agreed to extend the scope of its ChatGPT task force to AI enforcement, a spokesperson emailed. The task force was created to encourage cooperation and exchange information on possible enforcement actions conducted by data protection authorities (DPAs) on ChatGPT.
Members of the advocacy group Oakland Privacy traveled to Chicago on Jan. 30 to tell a federal court in person that the proposed class action settlement resolving claims against Clearview AI for allegedly scraping facial images off the internet and then selling them to law enforcement is inadequate, the coalition said in a press release Tuesday.
Meta defended a $725 million class action settlement Friday at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, with the Facebook parent urging a rejection of the opponents' arguments that the deal is inadequate.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau violated federal privacy law by allowing Elon Musk and his associates access to sensitive data, and the Trump administration is violating the law by halting work at the agency, a federal employee union said in two lawsuits filed Sunday.
Sensitive information and transparency are key privacy issues that will continue attracting litigation, including in Texas, which has become a major player in regulation and enforcement, Odia Kagan, a partner in the law firm Fox Rothschild, said in an interview.
A Washington state House chair strongly supported letting individuals sue companies in comprehensive privacy legislation despite concerns that state and national industry groups raised about possibly making Washington the only state with that type of enforcement mechanism. At a livestreamed hearing Tuesday, the House Technology Committee heard support from consumer advocates and opposition from industry about HB-1671, a measure Rep. Shelley Kloba (D) introduced. Kloba hopes the bill can be scheduled for a committee vote next week, her office said after the hearing.
The U.S. District Court of Idaho on Monday denied data broker Kochava's motion to dismiss a case alleging that the broker's data sales are unfair acts or practices likely to cause substantial injury to consumers in violation of Section 5(a) of the FTC Act. Kochava moved to dismiss on the basis that Section 5(a) requires tangible consumer injury and a violation of well-established legal policy, the order said. The court said the "FTC is authorized to seek injunctive relief if it has 'reason to believe' that a business is violating, or is about to violate, a law enforced by the FTC," denying Kochava's motion.
The U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition to review a case that claimed Facebook allegedly violated privacy and wiretapping laws by tracking users’ internet activity after they exited the social media platform. The ruling rejected questions proposed by an objector to the $90 million settlement in the case relating to the attorney fees and plaintiff service awards.
Days ahead of the Jan. 31 deadline for data broker registration, the California Privacy Protection Agency announced that Connecticut-based data broker Key Marketing Advantage (KMA) agreed to pay $55,800 for failing to register and pay a fee in 2024.