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Amazon was fined 746 million euros by Luxembourg authorities over allegations it flouted the EU's data protection rules, the online retail giant said Friday. The fine was issued July 16 by the Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection following its determination that "Amazon's processing of personal data did not comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation," Amazon said in a securities filing.
Zoom, the videoconferencing firm, has agreed to settle a class-action US privacy lawsuit for $85 million, it said Sunday. The suit charged that Zoom's sharing of users' personal data with Facebook, Google and LinkedIn was a breach of privacy for millions.
Kubient conducted a survey of marketing and advertising professionals to provide a snapshot of industry perspectives on increasing privacy regulations, including the postponement and eventual elimination of cookies and how it affects the larger marketing and advertising ecosystem. Two-thirds of marketers surveyed support federal consumer regulations such as the California Consumer Protection Act and the Colorado Consumer Protection Act.
Google has shared details of upcoming changes to Android including the ability to blank a device's advertising ID, and a new safety section for apps in the Play store. The advertising ID is an identifier unique to an Android device which is supplied by Google Play Services.
Google this week announced a series of updates to its Google Play policies that are meant to improve overall user privacy and security and provide more control over ads personalization. As per the new policy, all applications in Google Play will be required to detail their privacy and security practices by April 2022.
Google has announced today more details regarding their upcoming Google Play 'Safety section' feature that provides users information about the data collected and used by an Android app. In May, Google pre-announced upcoming changes to the Google Play Store requiring app developers to share what info their apps collect, how collected data is used, and what privacy/security features the apps utilize.
Verifiable credentials provide a tamper-secure way for users to prove their identity online, without sacrificing their safety, privacy, or security during the process. Based on a new web standard approved by the W3C in 2019, verifiable credentials are the digital equivalents of the paper documents we carry in our wallets and use to prove who we are in the physical world.
Commentary: DuckDuckGo is small by Google's standards, but the company is proving it's very possible to make a lot of money with just a bit more privacy. It's actually a big myth that search engines need to track your personal search history to make money or deliver quality search results.
The Dutch Data Protection Authority announced Thursday that it has imposed a fine of €750,000 on TikTok "For violating the privacy of young children". More specifically, TikTok failed to provide a privacy statement in the Dutch language, making it difficult for young children to understand what would happen to their data.
New research from Copenhagen Business School finds designers of cookie banners can affect users' privacy choices by manipulating the choice architecture and with simple changes can increase absolute consent by 17%. A website cookie banner is the consent management tool that allows users to give their consent to process their personal data. The research findings provide empirical evidence that shows people's data privacy decisions can be easily manipulated.