Amanda Bronstad reports: A class action over Facebook’s facial recognition technology will go forward after a federal appeals court found that the social media site’s app could “violate the plaintiffs’ substantive privacy interests.” On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously affirmed a district court ruling granting [Read More…]
AP reports: A federal appeals court has rejected a settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging that Mountain View-based Google spied on users’ online activity using tracking “cookies,” even when privacy settings were set to prevent the snooping. A three-judge panel ruled Tuesday that a Delaware judge erred in approving the [Read More…]
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Twitter said it recently found and fixed an issue on its advertising platform that resulted in the company sharing some user data with advertising partners without the users’ express consent. Impacted users include only those who clicked or viewed an ad for a mobile application and later [Read More…]
July 26 – A Herndon man was sentenced today to one year in prison for cyberstalking a victim in New York. According to court documents, Brandon Theresa, 21, engaged in an extensive cyberstalking campaign against a victim from at least May 2015 through December 2018. During that time, he accessed [Read More…]