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$5.6 Million in Refunds Sent to Ring Customers, Settling Unauthorized Access and Privacy Violations...
Slashdot· 15 hours agoAmerica's Federal Trade Commission "is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers," reports the Associated Press, "as part of a settlement with Amazon-owned Ring, which was charged ...
Settlement payments starting to go out for Ring camera owners
WBIR-TV Knoxville· 3 days agoMore than 100,000 Ring customers will receive their refunds via PayPal in the coming weeks. The...
Have a Ring camera? The FTC may send you a refund — how to claim it
Mashable· 2 days agoThe Federal Trade Commission announced this week that settlement payments stemming from a 2023...
Augusta National Hit With Video-Privacy Suit Over Masters Clips
Bloomberg Law· 5 days agoin violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act, a proposed federal class action said. Adam Labernik and Shane Doyle alleged that Augusta installed tracking ...
A new law will ban TikTok unless China sells most of it. An expert says it’s ‘unconstitutional’ and...
Fortune· 36 minutes agoThe new law comes after years of attempts to ban the hugely popular short-video platform, including by former President Trump, over national-security concerns. The legislation requires TikTok ...
General Motors Axes OnStar Smart Driver System After Privacy And Insurance Complaints
Forbes· 4 days agoGeneral Motors announced Wednesday it is discontinuing OnStar Smart Driver, an optional program that...
Who’s selling your digital data? California gives you tools to protect your online privacy
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFrom Beijing to Brussels to Washington D.C. and U.S. state capitals, government regulators are creating registries and business reporting rules that aim to prevent privacy ...
BIZ: Making text messages private
The Norman Transcript· 2 hours agoWhat if someone told you, “I can read all of your text messages?” It’s quite likely they would be correct. Did you know if you are using the text messaging service offered by your phone carrier ...
The Louisiana Town Where a Traffic Stop Can Lead to One Charge After Another
ProPublica· 2 days agoAn investigation by WVUE-TV and ProPublica shows that much of that money comes from drivers who rack...
Data Privacy Lawsuits Rise as Lawyers Dust Off Wiretapping Laws
Bloomberg Law· 5 days agoIn the past two years, there has been an uptick nationwide in data privacy litigation class actions based on alleged violations of wiretap laws at the federal ...