Amazon reportedly faces a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the company tracked consumers’ movements through their cellphones and sold the data it collected. The complaint alleges that an Amazon Ads SDK embedded in apps by tens of thousands of app developers enabled Amazon to...
Tech giant Google is scheduled to be back in court Aug. 18, according to a Wednesday (Jan. 8) Reuters report. A federal judge in California denied a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit alleging Google violated the privacy of both Android and non-Android mobile...
Google’s years-long effort to remove third-party cookies on Chrome was once termed the “Cookiepocalypse.” Third-party cookies are small data files that track users across various websites, and have been a cornerstone of digital marketing campaigns and inbound and outbound sales. These cookies have enabled businesses...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued a report listing regulatory concerns around how gaming and virtual reality companies facilitate transactions and collect sensitive data. As “Banking in Video Games and Virtual Worlds” makes clear, the CFPB sees both industries processing transactions and collecting the...
April 02, 2024
In a dynamic connected economy landscape, where every click, swipe and tap leaves a digital footprint, the notion of privacy has become an elusive concept, sought after yet increasingly challenging to attain. Recent events, such as the settlement between tech behemoth Google and several users over the improper collection of data during “incognito” browsing sessions, […]
August 15, 2023
Charles Zhu, vice president of product at Enigma, said “know your business” (KYB) mandates can be onerous on financial institutions (FIs) building an in-house compliance process. But for forward-thinking FIs,...
August 09, 2021
As finance chiefs take the reins on digitization, they’re beginning to shift their mindset and adjust the goal posts, as simply getting rid of paper or automating a workflow is...
June 21, 2021
It may be the digital age but Dr. Don Vaughn, PhD., head of product at Invisibly says that the only ones not profiting from the collection and use of personal...
January 29, 2025
Amazon reportedly faces a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the company tracked consumers’ movements through their cellphones and sold the data it collected. The complaint alleges that an Amazon Ads SDK embedded in apps by tens of thousands of app developers enabled Amazon to collect timestamped geolocation data about where consumers live, work, shop […]
January 08, 2025
Tech giant Google is scheduled to be back in court Aug. 18, according to a Wednesday (Jan. 8) Reuters report. A federal judge in California denied a motion to dismiss...
March 06, 2024
Spain has ordered Sam Altman’s cryptocurrency project Worldcoin to cease collecting its citizens’ data. The order Wednesday (March 6) from the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) also blocks the data the project has...
December 20, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed changes meant to enhance children’s privacy and restrict companies’ ability to exploit children’s data for monetization purposes. The proposed changes to the Children’s Online Privacy...
