Twitter's $150 million settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission prior to Elon Musk's purchase of the platform, leaves its privacy and data security protections under heavy scrutiny, Politico reports. Former FTC officials said the commission will closely watch for any activity violating the settlement over Twitter’s improper use of phone numbers for ad targeting.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights issued new guidance for “recognized security practices” for enforcing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, InfoSecurity reports.
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California sided with LinkedIn in its six year lawsuit against a firm that scraped data from the professional social network, Adweek reports. The firm hiQ Labs “relied on LinkedIn for its data primarily by scraping wholly public LinkedIn profiles using automated software,” Judge Edward Chen wrote in his decision.
Microsoft released its Digital Defense Report 2022, sharing insights on the "evolving digital threat landscape" and actions customers can take to manage risks. "The trillions of signals we analyze from our worldwide ecosystem of products and services reveal the ferocity, scope, and scale of digital threats across the globe.
In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, SolarWinds said it has tentatively agreed to pay $26 million to settle a lawsuit over its cybersecurity disclosures ahead of a December 2020 breach that exposed the data of thousands of companies and government offices, Reuters reports. The software company said the SEC alleges it violated U.S.
IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, breaks down the latest privacy happenings in the nation’s capital, including musings on companies' thinking behind privacy notices. Also, the latest buzz around the proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act as well as the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.Full Story
A view from Brussels: A look at the IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2022
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., released a white paper calling for feedback to craft legislation that would address cybersecurity threats in health care, The Record reports.
The California Privacy Protection Agency launched a 15-day comment period on the modified California Privacy Rights Act draft regulations. The period will run through Nov. 21. The initiation of the public consultation follows the CPPA Board's formal approval of modified draft regulations Oct. 29, where board members indicated final regulations will potentially be in place before the end of the year.