July 2023 News Roundup

Welcome to our monthly data privacy news roundup. Our goal is to provide you with essential updates and insights into the constantly evolving world of data privacy.

Each month, we curate a list of the most significant news stories that affect your data rights and present them in a concise and easy-to-read format. In this month's edition, we will cover the most significant news on data privacy and its implications for you.

Let's jump right into what's been happening in July 2023.

Meta Platforms location data privacy $37.5M class action settlement (Facebook location data privacy - Deadline is August 11, 2023).

Meta Platforms location data privacy $37.5M class action settlement

This lawsuit alleges Meta improperly inferred the location of Facebook users in the United States through their IP addresses.

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Instagram BIPA $68.5M class action settlement (For Illinois residents - Deadline is August 16, 2023).

Instagram BIPA $68.5M class action settlement

Meta agreed to pay $68.5 million to resolve claims that Instagram violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).

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You have a month left to get your share of Facebook’s $725 million settlement (Facebook data privacy - Deadline is August 25, 2023).

You have a month left to get your share of Facebook’s $725 million settlement — here’s how

Meta users have less than one month left to apply for their share of a $725 million settlement over Facebook privacy violations.

CNBCRohan Goswami

Google reaches $39.9 million privacy settlement with Washington state.

Google reaches $39.9 million privacy settlement with Washington state

Google will pay Washington state $39.9 million to resolve a lawsuit accusing the Alphabet Inc unit of misleading consumers about its location tracking practices, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said on Thursday.

ReutersJonathan Stempel

Last day to submit your claim for the Google Referrer Settlement was July,31, 2023.

Did You Use Google Between 2006 and 2013? You Might Be Owed Free Money — Here’s How To Get It

With more than 1 billion Google users worldwide today, there’s a good chance that most people in the U.S. used the search engine for work, play or school between 2006 and 2013. If you did, you may be...

Yahoo FinanceDawn Allcot

Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years.

Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds | CNN Business

Some of America’s largest tax-prep companies have spent years sharing Americans’ sensitive financial data with tech titans including Meta and Google in a potential violation of federal law — data that in some cases was misused for targeted advertising, according to a seven-month congressional invest…

CNNBrian Fung

Millions of Americans’ personal data exposed in global hack

Millions of Americans’ personal data exposed in global hack | CNN Politics

Millions of people in Louisiana and Oregon have had their data compromised in the sprawling cyberattack that has also hit the US federal government, state agencies said late Thursday.

CNNSean Lyngaas

TikTok’s Updated Terms of Service Explained.

Inside TikTok’s terms of service

CBS 8 wanted to break down what you’re really agreeing to when you download the app and start using the platform.

KFMBMarcella Lee

‘Not for Machines to Harvest’: Data Revolts Break Out Against A.I.

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