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Google, Meta, and Microsoft about half the time don't comply with requests to opt out of online tracking per a California law mandate, privacy watchdog finds.
The Register
Third-party data supplier also in hot water with Brit regulator over consent issues Britain's data privacy watchdog has slapped a fine of £90k ($120k) on a business that targeted people with intrusive marketing phone calls, despite them being registered with the official "Do Not Call" opt-out service.…
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This bill requires Web browsers to have an easy-to-find (and use) setting for consumers to send an opt-out preference signal by default to every site and app they interact with.
The Register
Credit-reporting giant disagrees with FTC, will hand over the pocket change to make Feds go away Experian has agreed to cough up $650,000 after being accused of spamming people with no opt-out button.…
The Register
Gadget maker accused of 'corporate voyeurism' by gathering up footage against your wishes A lawsuit filed against eufy security cam maker Anker Tech claims the biz assigns "unique identifiers" to the faces of any person who walks in front of its devices – and then stores that data in the cloud, "essentially logging the locations of unsuspecting individuals" when they stroll past.…
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France's data protection authority (CNIL) has fined TikTok UK and TikTok Ireland €5,000,000 for making it difficult for users of the platform to refuse cookies and for not sufficiently informing them about their purpose. [...]
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The Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) launches Aug. 1 and hundreds of thousands of California residents already registered. Other states could follow if the process goes smoothly.
Graham Cluley
If you live in the UK/EU/Canada/Hong Kong, LinkedIn has given you until Monday to stop AI from training on your profile. You have to opt-out if you don't want this to happen to your data. Take action now, and tell your friends. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
The Register
No warning, no opt-out, and critic claims ... no consent Research from a leading academic shows Android users have advertising cookies and other gizmos working to build profiles on them even before they open their first app.…
Graham Cluley
If sharing your content with AI firms is such a great thing for the publishers of blogs, you have to wonder why Automattic feels the need to enable it by default rather than insisting they opt-out - surely if it's such a "win", blog owners would be keen to opt-in themselves.