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Pressure Mounts on Meta to Scrap 'Pay or OK' Model in EU

Data Breach Today

EU Lawmakers Say Privacy Shouldn't Be for Sale Facebook's attempt to navigate European privacy regulations by giving users a fee-based opt-out from behavioral advertising triggered backlash from more than a dozen European politicians who accused the social media giant of treating human rights as a commodity.

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Ireland’s Privacy Watchdog Launches GDPR Probe of Facebook

Data Breach Today

Data Protection Commission Sees Likely Violations in Wake of Latest Mega-Breach Ireland's privacy regulator has launched an investigation into Facebook after personal information for 533 million of the social network's users appeared for sale online.

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Big California Privacy News: Legislative and Enforcement Updates

Data Matters

Privacy never sleeps in California. In recent days and as California’s legislative session comes to a close, there have been a number of significant legislative and regulatory developments in the state, each of which will likely (again) change the privacy landscape in California and, by extension, the rest of the country.

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Global Privacy Control Opt-Out of “Sale” – A Technical and Legal Viewpoint

Data Protection Report

According to the California Attorney General, consumers may now utilize a new technology called the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”) in order to opt out of a “sale” of personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). Unlike the IAB Tech Lab U.S. Practical considerations for Businesses.

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New Hampshire Becomes 15th State to Enact a Comprehensive State Privacy Law

Hunton Privacy

On March 6, 2024, Governor Chris Sununu signed into law SB 255 , making New Hampshire the 15th state with a comprehensive privacy law. The thresholds are closer to those of, e.g. , Delaware’s Personal Data Privacy Act (H.B. The lower thresholds appear to be reflective of NH’s smaller state population.

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Data privacy examples

IBM Big Data Hub

These are just some examples of how organizations support data privacy , the principle that people should have control of their personal data, including who can see it, who can collect it, and how it can be used. One cannot overstate the importance of data privacy for businesses today.

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A database containing data of 5.4 million Twitter accounts available for sale

Security Affairs

The threat actor is now offering for sale the stolen data on a the popular hacking forum Breached Forums. The website Restore Privacy first discovered the advertisement for the huge trove of data on Breached Forums. million Twitter users for sale. million Twitter accounts available for sale appeared first on Security Affairs.

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