Natasha Singer and Aaron Krolik report: The Norwegian Data Protection Authority said on Monday that it would fine Grindr, the world’s most popular gay dating app, 100 million Norwegian kroner, or about $11.7 million, for illegally disclosing private details about its users to advertising companies. The agency said the app [Read More…]
Joseph Cox reports: A user of a low level cybercriminal forum is selling access to a database of phone numbers belonging to Facebook users, and conveniently letting customers lookup those numbers by using an automated Telegram bot. Although the data is several years old, it still presents a cybersecurity and [Read More…]
Law360 reports that consumers are opposing TJ Maxx’s attempt to have a lawsuit dismissed. The lawsuit, filed under California’s Consumer Privacy Act, relates to the retailer allegedly customer data with a software firm, The Retail Equation, which calculates the risk that an attempted merchandise return is fraudulent. Law360 requires a [Read More…]
Sharon Cho reports: TikTok, ByteDance Ltd.’s social media app, said the company is reviewing the Italian data-protection authority’s orders to block unverified accounts of younger users. The privacy watchdog told TikTok on Friday to block the accounts of users in the country whose age it couldn’t verify at least until Feb. [Read More…]