October 17, 2022

Fashion brand SHEIN fined $1.9m for lying about data breach

Is "pay a small fine and keep on trading" a sufficient penalty for letting a breach happen, impeding an investigation, and hiding the truth?

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February 04, 2020

Twitter hands over student’s account to his college

Twitter admitted it broke the rules when it handed over control of the student's account to college administrators.

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January 27, 2020

New York wants to ban taxpayer-funded ransomware payments

One of the proposed bills would set up a $5m fund to help small towns upgrade their systems and bolster their security.

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September 06, 2019

YouTube fined $170m for covertly tracking kids online

YouTube can't track kids online anymore without their parents' permission, says the FTC, as it fined the Google-subsidiary $170m.

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July 30, 2019

Post-Equifax settlement, NY updates data breach notification laws

Equifax is fined $675 million, while New York data breach notification law now covers biometrics, passwords, and more.

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July 25, 2019

New York City moves to protect citizens’ location data

New York City is considering a law that could stop cellphone carriers and smartphone app vendors from selling their location data.

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July 02, 2019

Dating app Jack’d fined $240K for leaving private photos up for a year

The company behind the gay dating app left users' private photos online for a year in spite of knowing about the security bugs.

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May 09, 2019

Metal keys beat smart locks in NYC legal battle

A group of tenants in New York City have prevailed in a lawsuit against their landlord's use of smart locks.

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February 04, 2019

Selling fake likes and follows is illegal, rules New York

A groundbreaking settlement in New York finds that selling fake likes and followers is illegal.

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