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Pierluigi Paganini May 11, 2025

Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion over its location tracking practices

Google will pay the U.S. state of Texas $1.4B to settle lawsuits over unauthorized location tracking and facial recognition data retention. Google will pay nearly $1.4 billion to the state of Texas to settle two lawsuits over tracking users’ locations and storing biometric data without consent. The $1.375 billion settlement far exceeds previous fines over […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2023

Google agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit

Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit, which alleged that the company monitored individuals using the Chrome “incognito” mode. Google agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit over claims that the company monitored online activity of people who used the ‘incognito’ mode in its Chrome web browser. The class action, filed […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2019

FTC fines Facebook $5B and obliges it to adopt a new privacy framework

The Federal Trade Commission fined Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations and is instituting new oversight and restrictions on its business. The Federal Trade Commission fined Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The authorities are also instituting new oversight and restrictions on its business. In April 2018, Facebook revealed that […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2019

Yahoo proposes $117.5 million for the settlement of data breach

Yahoo is continuously trying to settle a lawsuit on the massive data breach over the period of 2013 to 2016. This time Yahoo could pay $117.5 million for the settlement of 3 billion hacked accounts. As the news was first published by the team of Reuters, “Yahoo has struck a revised $117.5 million settlement with […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2019

State attorneys general announced a $1.5 million settlement with Neiman Marcus

Tens of state attorneys general announced a $1.5 million settlement with The Neiman Marcus Group over a 2013 data breach. Tens of attorneys general announced this week a $1.5 million settlement with The Neiman Marcus Group LLC over a data breach suffered by the company in 2013 and disclosed earlier 2014. 43 states and the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2017

Anthem agreed to pay $115m to settle a class-action suit brought on by the 2015 data breach

Anthem, the largest US healthcare insurance company, has agreed to pay $115m to settle a class-action suit brought on by the 2015 data breach. Anthem, the largest US healthcare insurance company, has agreed to pay $115m to settle a class-action suit brought on by the 2015 data breach. The attack on Anthem exposed 78.8 million records and according […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2017

Target agreed to pay $18.5 Million over 2013 data breach

Target, the US retail giant, has entered a settlement with the US Attorneys General and it has agreed to pay $18.5 million over the 2013 data breach. Target, the US retail giant, has entered a settlement with the Attorneys General of 47 states and it has agreed to pay $18.5 million over the data breach […]

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Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion over its location tracking practices

Google agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit

FTC fines Facebook $5B and obliges it to adopt a new privacy framework

Yahoo proposes $117.5 million for the settlement of data breach

State attorneys general announced a $1.5 million settlement with Neiman Marcus

Anthem agreed to pay $115m to settle a class-action suit brought on by the 2015 data breach

Target agreed to pay $18.5 Million over 2013 data breach

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