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Google will pay $29.5M to settle two lawsuits over its location tracking practices

Security Affairs

I am proud of how the exceptional lawyers and professionals in my office have creatively applied the District’s strong consumer protection laws to set the standard nationally and provide users far greater control of their personal information.”. SecurityAffairs – hacking, privacy). — AG Karl A. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Google to Pay a record $391M fine for misleading users about the collection of location data

Security Affairs

The authorities started the investigation into Google collection practice following a 2018 Associated Press article that revealed Google “records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.”. Google violated state consumer protection laws by misleading consumers about its location tracking practices since at least 2014.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

And since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25, 2018, IT compliance issues have been at the forefront of corporate concerns. Financial Data Protection Laws. Examples like these highlight the balance of interests that must necessarily take place when making decisions about how to protect data.