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Two FTC complaints that over-retention of personal data violates Section 5

Data Protection Report

In both cases, the FTC’s complaint alleged that the companies retained personal data for longer than was necessary, and that conduct violated Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act as an unfair act or practice. Under the proposed consent orders, both companies do not confirm or deny the allegations. Complaint at ¶¶ 18-19).

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New York Legislature Considers New York Child Data Privacy and Protection Act

Hunton Privacy

The bill, which resembles the recently passed California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act , bans certain data collection and targeted advertising and requires data controllers to, among other obligations, assess the impact of their products on children.

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Florida Comprehensive State Privacy Law Sent to Governor for Signature

Hunton Privacy

Enforcement The FDBR would provide for enforcement by the Florida Department of Legal Affairs, civil penalties of up to $50,000 per violation, and tripled penalties for certain violations, such as those involving a known child.

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Connecticut Makes Five: The Constitution State Enacts Broad Data Privacy Law Effective July 2023

Data Matters

Carves out personal data processed solely for payments from definition of persons subject to the law – Persons subject to the law are defined with reference to the volume of data processed about Connecticut residents, as we have seen in other laws. Data in Scope – The Majority Approach.

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UK Tribunal Rules on Direct Marketing ICO Case Against Experian

Hunton Privacy

On February 20, 2023, in the case of Experian Limited v The Information Commissioner , the First-Tier Tribunal in the UK (the “ Tribunal ”) ruled on the ICO’s action to require Experian to make changes to how it processes personal data for direct marketing purposes.

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Phishers migrate to Telegram

Security Affairs

Phishers also use to share stolen personal data with their subscribers. “Malicious actors offer “premium” phishing and scam pages for sale. User personal data for sale. Crooks offers data collected through phishing campaign to the subscribers. ” continues the report.

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Threat actors scrape 600 million LinkedIn profiles and are selling the data online – again

Security Affairs

Researchers from Cyber News Team have spotted threat actors offering for sale 600 million LinkedIn profiles scraped from the platform, again. For the third time in the past four months, LinkedIn seems to have experienced another massive data scrape conducted by a malicious actor. Original post: [link].

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