MediaPost: Google Settlement Over Kids Privacy Moves Forward. “A federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a proposed settlement requiring Google to pay $30 million to resolve class-action claims that it violated children’s privacy by tracking their YouTube activity in order to serve targeted ads.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/25/mediapost-google-settlement-over-kids-privacy-moves-forward/

Reuters: Google must pay $425m in class action over privacy, jury rules. “A federal jury has determined that Alphabet’s Google must pay $425m for invading users’ privacy by continuing to collect data for millions of users who had switched off a tracking feature in their Google account.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/04/reuters-google-must-pay-425m-in-class-action-over-privacy-jury-rules/

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UC Davis: UC Davis Study Reveals Alarming Browser Tracking by GenAI Assistants. “A new study led by computer scientists at the University of California, Davis, reveals that generative AI browser assistants collect and share sensitive data without users’ knowledge. Stronger safeguards, transparency and awareness are needed to protect user privacy online, the researchers said. “

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/21/uc-davis-uc-davis-study-reveals-alarming-browser-tracking-by-genai-assistants/

The Register: Meta used Flo menstruation app data to sell ads, jury finds . “A jury has unanimously found Meta guilty of violating the California Invasion of Privacy Act by using data from menstruation and fertility app Flo to sell advertising to the social network.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/06/the-register-meta-used-flo-menstruation-app-data-to-sell-ads-jury-finds/

What If Your Phone Didn't Need To Listen To You? - Taylor Lorenz

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Electronic Frontier Foundation: Why Are Hundreds of Data Brokers Not Registering with States?. “Hundreds of data brokers have not registered with state consumer protection agencies. These findings come as more states are passing data broker transparency laws that require brokers to provide information about their business and, in some cases, give consumers an easy way to opt out.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/26/electronic-frontier-foundation-why-are-hundreds-of-data-brokers-not-registering-with-states/