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Dutch court rejects Facebook’s bid to have privacy lawsuit in the Netherlands dismissed

The Verge

A court in Amsterdam ruled that privacy litigation against Facebook in the Netherlands can proceed, rejecting the social network’s bid to have the lawsuit from two non-profit groups thrown out. We care about our users in the Netherlands and protecting their privacy is important to us,” the spokesperson said.

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Clearview AI hit with sweeping legal complaints over controversial face scraping in Europe

The Verge

Privacy International (PI) and several other European privacy and digital rights organizations announced today that they’ve filed legal complaints against the controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI. Authorities in the UK and Australia opened a privacy probe last year into the company’s data scraping techniques.

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Sephora Becomes First Company Publicly Fined Under CCPA

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million for violating California's Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), becoming the first company to be publicly fined under the landmark privacy law. Attorney General Bonta discusses the settlement: "Technologies like the Global Privacy Control are a game changer for consumers looking to exercise their data privacy rights.

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GoodRx made money selling your health data. The FTC is making it pay.

Vox

Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan is finding new ways to take on an old problem: digital privacy. | GoodRx has not been very good at your privacy. And now the Federal Trade Commission has written an expensive prescription: a hefty fine and an agreement to implement various privacy protections.

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US joins six countries in new call for backdoor encryption access

The Verge

On Monday, the US Department of Justice signed on to a new international statement warning of the dangers of encryption and calling for an industry-wide effort to enable law enforcement agencies to access encrypted data once a warrant has been obtained. But the statement quickly pivots to the ostensible problems posed by the technology.

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Clearview AI ordered to delete all facial recognition data belonging to Australians

The Verge

Controversial facial recognition firm Clearview AI has been ordered to destroy all images and facial templates belonging to individuals living in Australia by the country’s national privacy regulator. However, the ICO has yet to make a decision about the legality of Clearview’s work in the UK.

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Twitter will set up a legal entity in Turkey to comply with controversial social media law

The Verge

Twitter is planning to establish a legal entity in Turkey to continue operating there under the country’s controversial internet law that took effect last year , the company announced late Friday. We will continue to be transparent about how we handle requests from government and law enforcement,” Twitter said in its statement.

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