October 2024 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 2024.
National Public Data breach update: Lawsuits pile up against Florida-based background check company after ‘security incident’
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National Public Data (NPD) Breach Check & Search
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Google Parent Alphabet Agrees to Pay Shareholders $350 Million Over Data Leak
Google Parent Alphabet Agrees to Pay Shareholders $350 Million Over Data Leak
To avoid public and regulatory scrutiny, Google’s officers and directors purportedly conceived a plan to conceal the security glitch and other systemic vulnerabilities.
ISS Insights
AT&T to pay $13 million to settle FCC probe over cloud data breach
AT&T to pay $13 million to settle FCC probe over cloud data breach
AT&T failed to ensure that a third-party vendor adequately protected the telecom carrier’s customers, regulators say.
Megan Cerullo
AT&T data breach lawsuit: Can you actually receive a $750 settlement?
AT&T data breach lawsuit: Can you actually receive a $750 settlement? | Is That Legal?
Answer: Maybe. If you’re a current or former AT&T customer whose Personally Identifiable Information (PII) was compromised in the breach, you may be entitled to a significant compensation payout in a class action lawsuit. Lawsuit Update: California residents, in particular, could be eligible for up…
ITL Attorney
Instagram makes all teen accounts private, in a highly scrutinized push for child safety
Instagram makes all teen accounts private, in a highly scrutinized push for child safety
The social media app unveiled a new product for young users of the app that is intended to make the service safer for teenagers. The tools include making all teen accounts private and allowing parents to supervise activity.
Bobby Allyn
Facial recognition startup Clearview AI settles privacy suit
Facial recognition startup Clearview AI settles privacy suit
Facial recognition startup Clearview AI has reached a settlement in a lawsuit alleging its massive photographic collection of faces violated the subjects’ privacy rights.
KATHLEEN FOODYGoogle Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled
The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled
To settle a years-long lawsuit, Google has agreed to delete “billions of data records” collected from users of “Incognito mode,” illuminating the pitfalls of relying on Chrome to protect your privacy.
UnitedHealth data breach caused by lack of multifactor authentication
UnitedHealth data breach caused by lack of multifactor authentication, CEO says
UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty told lawmakers that its subsidiary Change Healthcare didn’t have multifactor authentification.
Khristopher J. Brooks
Google to delete search data of millions who used 'incognito' mode
Google to delete search data of millions who used ‘incognito’ mode
In an agreement released on Monday, Google said it will permanently remove information it secretly gathered when millions of people were searching the internet in “incognito” mode.
Bobby Allyn