By Aaron Nicodemus2024-07-31T17:14:00
Meta agreed to pay $1.4 billion to the state of Texas to settle allegations regarding the unauthorized capture and use of personal biometric data of state residents.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the settlement Tuesday in a press release, calling it the largest ever obtained from an action brought by a single state and the largest privacy settlement ever obtained by an attorney general.
The details: In February 2022, Texas filed a lawsuit against Meta (formerly Facebook), accusing the social media giant of unlawfully capturing the biometric data of millions of Texans without their informed consent, a violation of Texas law, Paxton alleged.
2024-10-22T14:37:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has proposed a new rule that would regulate the use of Americans’ personal information by foreign companies and foreign persons in six “countries of concern,” prohibiting and restricting the sale of data to thwart the use of data for cyber-enabled activities, espionage, coercion, influence and ...
2024-09-27T22:30:00Z By Jeff Dale
The Irish Data Protection Commission fined Meta Ireland 91 million euros (U.S. $102 million) for multiple violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation related to the inadvertent storage of user passwords without encryption.
2024-06-07T13:40:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The state of Texas forecasted “aggressive enforcement” of its upcoming data privacy law with the announcement of a dedicated team to oversee its implementation.
2025-07-16T20:11:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
Delta Air Lines agreed to pay $8.1 million over allegations it violated the False Claims Act by exceeding employee compensation limits it agreed to when taking federal pandemic aid money.
2025-07-15T20:11:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reportedly ended two investigations into Polymarket, a popular online crypto betting service that calls itself a “prediction market.” The move continues the Trump administration’s pro-crypt agenda.
2025-07-14T20:27:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said it has settled with telemedicine service Southern Health Solutions, Inc. over allegations the company used deceptive pricing and weight-loss claims, along with fake reviews and testimonials, to sell its weight-loss programs.
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