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Apple Must Face Claims AirTags Used as Weapon of Stalkers

Apple Inc. lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that its AirTag devices help stalkers track their victims.

Meta Loses Second Bid to Thwart FTC’s Change to Privacy Pact

<-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018e-438a-d509-adee-4bdbfe430000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Meta Platforms Inc. lost its second court ruling this week seeking to stop the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/13362Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-438a-d509-adee-4bdbfe430001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Federal Trade Commission’s reopening a 2020 privacy settlement over allegations that the company breached the terms.

FTC Probes Reddit Over Data Licensing Deals for AI Training

The US Federal Trade Commission is probing <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018e-4f28-d509-adee-4ff9fed10000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Reddit Inc. over its deals licensing user data to AI companies, the company disclosed.

Health Insurers Split With US Over Relief After Cyberattack

Health insurers and US government officials are expected to meet next week to hash out differences over how to assist cash-strapped medical practices, as a cyberattack last month continues to hold up billions of dollars in payments.

Petco Settles Illinois Case Alleging BIPA Voiceprint Violations

Petco Animal Supplies Stores Inc. preliminarily settled an Illinois privacy lawsuit that alleged it illegally collected workers’ voiceprints through the use of Honeywell International Inc. technology.

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Congress Should Think Bigger Than TikTok Ban, Tech Critics Say

By passing a <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://news/stories/SAAJSLT1UM0W","_id":"0000018e-560d-d509-adee-5fddd0300000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">bill that could ban video-sharing app TikTok in the US, the House of Representatives took one of the most aggressive legislative moves the country has seen during the social media era. Many lawmakers who opposed the bill want to think bigger. “We need to address data privacy across all social networks, including American companies like Meta and X, through meaningful regulation that protects freedom of expression,” said Wisconsin Democrat <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://people/profile/16700516","_id":"0000018e-560d-d509-adee-5fddd0300001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Mark Pocan in a post on X after he voted against the bill. “Not just single out one platform.”

Health Care Hack Exposes Flaws and Danger of Apathy: Dave Lee

As senators squabble about the theoretical vulnerability of those who use TikTok, they might want to find more time to give greater consideration to a clear and present danger erupting within the US health-care system: the continuing cyberattack that has put at risk the medical data of 79 million Americans and thrown health-care services into disarray.

ZoomInfo Defeats All But One Claim in Email-Scraping Lawsuit

Business information and analytics provider ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. defeated all but one of 14 counts in a lawsuit alleging it scraped information from the emails of nonusers of its services without their consent in violation of federal and state privacy laws.

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