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Clothing Retailer H&M Told to Wear $41 Million GDPR Fine

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Employee Surveillance Violations Trigger Germany's Biggest Privacy Fine to Date Privacy regulators in Germany have slammed clothing retailer H&M with a $41 million fine for collecting and retaining private employee data in violation of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation.

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California Fines Sephora $1.2 Million for Privacy Violations

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Retailer Accused of Selling Customer Data While Failing to Honor Opt-Out Requests Retailer Sephora has been fined $1.2

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Bad Cookies: Privacy Regulator Fines Supermarket Giant

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Million Fine for French Supermarket Giant Carrefour for Alleged GDPR Violations France's privacy regulator has hit retail giant Carrefour with a $3.7 million fine for violating privacy laws, including GDPR.

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Proof of Concept: California's First Consumer Privacy Fine

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Also: Defending Against New Ransomware Tactics; Mitigating Impact of Zelle Scams In the latest "Proof of Concept," Lisa Sotto of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and former CISO David Pollino join ISMG editors discuss the first California consumer protection fine issued against retailer Sephora, defending against new ransomware tactics, and mitigating the (..)

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Multiple Retailers Sued Under CCPA for Sharing Data Used to Identify Fraudulent Returns

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Earlier this year, The Retail Equation, a loss prevention service provider, and Sephora were hit with a class action lawsuit in which the plaintiff claimed Sephora improperly shared consumer data with The Retail Equation without consumers’ knowledge or consent. Privacy Litigation , N.D.

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Amazon Hit With $885 Million GDPR Fine

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Online Retailer Plans to Appeal the Decision Handed Down by EU Regulators Amazon reports that it's been fined 746 million euros ($885 million) under the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation for violating privacy rights in its advertising program. The company says it plans to appeal.

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ISMG Editors: Examining the Record Surge in Ransomware

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Also: Insights From Israel; Costco's Web Tracker Problem In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discuss how Israeli tech companies are supporting the war effort, how the volume of ransomware attacks reached a record high in September and why retailer Costco faces privacy claims for its use of website tracking tools for online pharmacy customers. (..)