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Texas' attorney general says Samsung agreed to stop collecting and processing Automated Content Recognition viewing data without first getting consent from Texas consumers, ending a lawsuit filed by the state late last year.
https://therecord.media/samsung-updates-acr-privacy-practices-texas
Parents in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada will soon receive alerts if a child repeatedly searches Instagram for content relating to self-harm or suicide.
https://therecord.media/instagram-alert-parents-children-search-terms-self-harm
The European Parliament approved an opinion proposing that youth under 16 not be allowed to access social media platforms without parental consent.
https://therecord.media/eu-lawmakers-propose-youth-under-16-social-media-parental-consent
The British government said it has slashed the time required to fix some of the most serious cyber vulnerabilities across the public sector, pointing to a new automated monitoring service as evidence that Whitehall is finally getting a grip on long-troubled digital defenses.
https://therecord.media/united-kingdom-vulnerability-scanning-cyber
The British government said it has slashed the time required to fix some of the most serious cyber vulnerabilities across the public sector, pointing to a new automated monitoring service as evidence that Whitehall is finally getting a grip on long-troubled digital defenses.
A Greek court sentenced the founder of the Intellexa Consortium and three associates to prison for their role in a sprawling spyware scandal that has dominated Greek headlines since it came to light in 2022.
Sen. Ron Wyden pledged to block a vote confirming Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd as the new head of both U.S. Cyber Command and the NSA, citing his lack of digital warfare and intelligence experience.
https://therecord.media/wyden-blocks-rudd-confirmation-nsa-cyber-command
A breach of TriZetto software first described by counties in Oregon affected millions of Americans overall, according to public data released this week by the company.
https://therecord.media/trizetto-healthcare-tech-company-data-breach-update
CISA and international partners issued an emergency directive warning of a “cyber threat actor’s ongoing exploitation of Cisco SD-WAN systems,” describing the activity as presenting a significant risk to federal civilian executive branch networks.
https://therecord.media/five-eyes-warn-hackers-exploit-cisco-sd-wan
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an emergency directive warning of a “cyber threat actor’s ongoing exploitation of Cisco SD-WAN systems,” describing the activity as presenting a significant risk to federal civilian executive branch networks.
In responding to pushback about Discord's impending age verification policy, co-founder Stanislav Vishnevskiy said the platform "failed at our most basic job: clearly explaining what we're doing and why. That's on us.”
https://therecord.media/discord-age-verification-policy-on-hold-after-backlash
Education software company PowerSchool and Chicago Public Schools have agreed to pay $17.25 million to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit that accused them of violating students’ privacy.
https://therecord.media/powerschool-cps-settle-proposed-class-action
In addition to the $17.25 million payout, which will be split between more than 10 million potential class members, the settlement requires PowerSchool to establish a “web governance” committee to monitor certain actions.
