/cybersecurity-privacy?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Cybersecurity & Privacy Copyright 2025 À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. en-US Wed, 20 Aug 2025 23:43:12 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2379428?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2379428 A Texas federal judge on Wednesday refused to toss an Arizona voter's proposed class action claiming that Elon Musk's $1 million giveaway to swing state voters was deceptively marketed as a random lottery, ruling that the voter has plausibly alleged that she was defrauded. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 22:50:30 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2379337?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2379337 OE Federal Credit Union and a proposed class of current and former customers revealed Wednesday that they have reached a deal to resolve litigation over a 2023 cyberattack, a day after the federal judge overseeing the case refused to cut negligence, California Consumer Privacy Act and several other claims from the dispute.  Wed, 20 Aug 2025 22:31:38 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2379324?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2379324 A West Virginia federal judge has tossed five proposed class actions accusing PeopleConnect, LexisNexis Risk Solutions and several other data brokers of violating the state's Daniel's Law by publishing information on judicial and law enforcement officers, after finding the privacy statute's lawsuit mechanism to be unconstitutional.  Wed, 20 Aug 2025 22:28:57 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2379452?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2379452 A lead plaintiff in a multibillion-dollar privacy lawsuit alleging Google illegally collected data from 98 million cell phone users told a California federal jury Wednesday that the tech giant is "misleading" consumers with a "fake button" purporting to allow users to opt out of tracking. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 22:28:09 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2379356?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2379356 A New York federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Visa cannot enforce a $5.54 billion settlement in long-running multidistrict antitrust litigation against a class of Visa debit cardholders in a separate, similar suit, finding that the deal does not cover their claims, and therefore the claims can't be released. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 21:54:43 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2378933?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2378933 TikTok Inc. knowingly designed its social media platform to be addictive to children, according to a state court lawsuit filed by Minnesota, which also accuses the company of operating an unlicensed virtual currency system that facilitates financial and sexual exploitation of minors. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 20:58:51 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2376943?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2376943 A California crane operator training school's attorney told a Ninth Circuit panel Wednesday that a lower court erred in dismissing his client's suit alleging an antitrust conspiracy between Apple and Google because a meeting between the companies' CEOs should have been taken into consideration as supporting the claim. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 19:26:13 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2379105?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2379105 Chinese internet behemoth ByteDance Inc. and its social media subsidiary TikTok Inc. can be sued in the Tar Heel State, North Carolina's business court ruled Tuesday, preserving a lawsuit that accuses the companies of exploiting minors through addictive app design. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:40:27 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2378839?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2378839 Three years after the first public enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act, Attorney General Rob Bonta has pursued a steady stream of enforcement actions across industries, providing a clearer picture of how the law is being interpreted and enforced, says Tatum Andres at Kilpatrick. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:30:40 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2378994?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2378994 Cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks has secured permanent dismissal of a proposed class action alleging it overstated the success of its platform consolidation strategy, with a California federal court ruling the investors do not show the company's statements were misleading when made. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:06:09 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2375763?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2375763 Two recent decisions from the Fourth and Eleventh Circuits in cases involving Experian signal that federal appellate courts are recognizing clickwrap agreements' power in spite of their simplicity, and offer practical advice on how companies can sufficiently demonstrate notice and assent when attempting to enforce contractual terms, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:27:06 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2379263?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2379263 One of the largest property management firms in Massachusetts will pay $795,000 to settle allegations by the state attorney general's office that it failed to prevent or address a series of five data breaches between 2019 and 2021. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 22:28:37 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2378190?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2378190 The mother of a 10-year-old girl has hit Roblox Corp. with a lawsuit joining the many that accuse the popular gaming platform of putting children in danger, claiming that a man the girl met on the company's app groomed her until she shared sexually explicit images of herself with him. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 22:12:47 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2378425?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2378425 The Ninth Circuit has given Christian-based streaming service Yippee Entertainment Inc. another chance to force arbitration of claims that it illegally shared subscribers' video viewing information, after finding that the lower court erred in concluding that consumers weren't given adequate notice of the arbitration agreement. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 22:11:59 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2378266?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2378266 Google made billions of dollars collecting data from the cellphones of tens of millions of Americans despite their opting out of tracking, a lawyer for consumers in a class action told a California federal jury Tuesday, while Google countered that the data collected after the privacy setting was activated isn't tied to users' identity. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 21:37:21 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2378776?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2378776 A Chicagoland hospital network pressured its nurses to work late and through their breaks without pay because it was so understaffed, a group of current and former nurses claimed in Illinois federal court, looking to recoup the pay they say they lost through a wage and hour lawsuit. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:17:43 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2378714?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2378714 One America News Network's owner has asked the Sixth Circuit to force a University of Michigan cybersecurity expert to testify in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case over the network's coverage of the 2020 presidential election, saying a judge erred when he blocked the deposition. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:58:30 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2377981?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2377981 The Federal Communications Commission's lone Democratic member said this week it would be unlawful for President Donald Trump to attempt to remove her from office and that she's willing to go to court if he tries. Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:48:03 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2378732?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2378732 Google LLC and its subsidiary YouTube will pay $30 million to resolve a long-running proposed class action accusing them of illegally collecting children's data to generate targeted advertising, according to documents filed in California federal court Monday.  Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:31:53 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2377982?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2377982 Republican leaders on the Federal Communications Commission said the agency is likely to soon float rules that would revamp media ownership restrictions.