Grindr on the hook for €10M over GDPR consent violations
Grindr, a gay, bi, trans and queer hook-up app, is on the hook for a penalty of NOK100,000,000 (aka €10M or ~$12.1M) in Europe. Norway’s data protection agency has announced it’s notified the US-based company of its intention to issue t.....»»
WhatsApp Privacy Policy Tweaked in Europe After Record Fine
WhatsApp is rewriting its privacy policy as a result of a huge data protection fine earlier this year. From a report: Following an investigation, the Irish data protection watchdog issued a $253.29m fine -- the second-largest in history over GDPR --.....»»
China fines Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu for more antitrust violations
China is bringing the regulatory hammer down yet again on some of the country's largest tech firms......»»
A first biodegradable version of Velcro has been created, drawing inspiration from climbing plants
A research group coordinated by Barbara Mazzolai at the IIT—Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) has created the first ever prototype of a soft, biodegradable and soluble velcro inspired by the micro-hook structure of l.....»»
GDPR Compliance: What Marketers Can Expect in 2022
What's on the horizon for marketers in terms of GDPR compliance in 2022? A lot, it turns out. Continue reading........»»
UK Supreme Court sides with Google in lawsuit alleging it tracked iPhone users without their consent
Back in 2012, it was discovered that Google had been using a backdoor method that allowed it to install cookies on iPhones even after they were blocked in Safari’s settings. This prompted a British campaign group to start a representative action (t.....»»
Proposed US bill would let users opt-out of algorithms on online platforms
Axios notes that the latest version of the Filter Bubble Transparency Act would stop tech platforms from using "opaque algorithms" to control what content users see without first notifying them and gaining their consent. The bill makes exceptions for.....»»
IAB Europe Says It"s Expecting To Be Found In Breach of GDPR
A flagship framework used by Google and scores of other advertisers for gathering claimed consent from web users for creepy ad targeting looks set to be found in breach of Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). TechCrunch reports: A year.....»»
Judge turns down Activision"s request to pause California sexual harassment lawsuit over ethics violations
Activision Blizzard has been under investigation by multiple groups in the US in recent months for sexual harassment and discrimination against its female employees. The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) opened a lawsuit aga.....»»
Australia plans to force parental consent for minors on social media
Australia plans to make social media companies obtain parental consent for users under the age of 16 and is threatening fines of up to 10 million Australian dollars ($7.5 million) for internet platforms which fail to comply, under draft legislation p.....»»
Software Freedom Conservancy Sues Vizio for GPL Violations
Jeremy Allison - Sam writes: Software Freedom Conservancy, a non-profit organization that promotes open-source software and defends the free software General Public License (GPL), announced today it has filed a lawsuit against Vizio for what it calls.....»»
Amazon"s Ring Doorbell Can Violate Your Neighbor"s Privacy, a UK Judge Rules
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: A judge in the U.K. has ruled that a man infringed on his neighbor's privacy by using Amazon's Ring doorbell without prior consent. According to The Guardian, Jon Woodard had installed a Ring doorbell.....»»
7-Eleven Breached Customer Privacy By Collecting Facial Imagery Without Consent
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: In Australia, the country's information commissioner has found that 7-Eleven breached customers' privacy by collecting their sensitive biometric information without adequate notice or consent. From June.....»»
FBI joins investigation of Orange County oil spill
The FBI has joined the investigation into the oil spill that dumped thousands of gallons of crude off the coast of Orange County to determine whether any criminal violations occurred, the agency announced Thursday......»»
GDPR hasn’t ensured data protection - so what will?
GDPR was once useful but with legislation set to change, how can we take the matter into our own hands?.....»»
Line and hook fishing techniques in Epipaleolithic Israel
Humans in the Middle East were using complex fishing tools and techniques by 12,000 years ago, according to a study published October 6, 2021 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Antonella Pedergnana of the Archaeological Research Centre and Museum.....»»
Has the oil leak been stopped? What we know about the origin of the massive Orange County spill
The massive oil spill in Orange County is linked to an oil complex off the coast of Southern California that has amassed a long record of federal noncompliance incidents and violations......»»
Senators slam Facebook, say it’s using Big Tobacco playbook to hook kids
Facebook “has weaponized childhood vulnerabilities against children themselves.” Enlarge / Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) speaks as Facebook head of global safety, Antigone Davis, testifies before a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Con.....»»
Sexual relationship norms affected by social media
Men and women often have differing views around the expected norms for romantic relationships, consent and sexual activity, and the messages and images they consume on social media may play a role in shaping those perceptions, according to a new stud.....»»
Why some fish are "junk" and others are protected. Study points to bias against native species
Andrew Rypel grew up fishing on Wisconsin's pristine lakes and rivers. With just a worm on his hook, he caught suckers, gar, sunfish and other native fish he never saw in his game fishing magazines......»»
Audi Unveils a Shape-Shifting Concept Car
Audi's latest concept car, the skysphere, will be able to drive itself, the company claims. But the real hook is that, as it changes from human driving to self-driving, the body of the skysphere expands by 10 inches from end-to-end. CNN reports: The.....»»