Congress Eyes New Rules for Tech: What’s Under Consideration May 9, 2023 By Mary Clare Jalonick WASHINGTON (AP) – Most Democrats and Republicans agree that the federal government should better regulate the biggest technology companies, particularly...
Security Firm Finds Flaws in Indian Online Insurance Broker August 11, 2022 By Krutika Pathi, Sheikh Saaliq and Frank Bajak NEW DELHI (AP) — Last month, a small cybersecurity firm told a major Indian online insurance brokerage it had found...
Litigation Funders Are Betting on a Rise in UK Class Actions August 9, 2022 Financiers are helping to fuel a rise in US-style class-action lawsuits in the UK courts, lured by the promise of...
Tech Giants Brace for Legal Mess of Abortion Data Subpoenas July 7, 2022 By Dina Bass and Mark Bergen Technology giants including Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Google, facing questions about whether they’d hand over users’ personal data to...
DC Sues Zuckerberg Over Cambridge Analytica Privacy Breach May 25, 2022 By Marcy Gordon WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia on Monday sued Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg, seeking to hold him personally liable...
Google ‘Private Browsing’ Mode not Really Private, Texas Lawsuit Says May 19, 2022 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, —The Google search engine collects data on users who think they can be anonymous if they use a “private...
Zoom Reaches $85M Settlement Over User Privacy, ‘Zoombombing’ August 2, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel Zoom Video Communications Inc. agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming it...
Finland Shocked by Therapy Center Hacking, Client Blackmail October 27, 2020 By Jari Tanner HELSINKI — Finland’s interior minister summoned key Cabinet members into an emergency meeting Sunday after hundreds _ and possibly thousands...
Cyber Attack on Easyjet Gets Details of 9 Million Customers May 19, 2020 LONDON — A cyber attack on British airline easyJet accessed the email and travel details of around nine million customers,...
Even When Deleted, Online Information Isn’t Gone August 25, 2015 By BREE FOWLER The Ashley Madison hack is a big reminder to all Web users: If you submit private data online, chances are...