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Cybersecurity & Privacy Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on cybersecurity and privacy law. Coverage includes cybersecurity and privacy suits and enforcement actions, data protection compliance issues, data breaches, as well as domestic and international policy developments.
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Latest News in Cybersecurity & Privacy
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April 29, 2025
Judge Mulls If Google Could Still Vie To Be Default Search
A D.C. federal judge probed potential middle grounds Tuesday for how to give Google's search engine rivals a leg up against the company's monopoly, asking how to avoid a "duopoly" with Microsoft and if Google might be permitted to continue paying browsers and phonemakers for default placement.
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April 29, 2025
Conn. Watchdog Urges Probe Into Avangrid Phishing Scam
Connecticut's Office of Consumer Counsel has asked the state utilities regulator to open a probe into Avangrid Inc.'s alleged public dissemination of customer information, telling the agency in a petition that two of its natural gas subsidiaries in the state fell victim to a phishing scam.
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April 29, 2025
North Georgia Healthcare Provider Sued Over Data Breach
A regional healthcare provider and a collections agency have been hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court over allegations that their lax cybersecurity practices allowed hackers to steal the protected health information of patients during a July 2024 data breach.
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April 29, 2025
23andMe Agrees To Privacy Ombudsman In Ch. 11
A Missouri bankruptcy judge on Tuesday signed off on a consumer privacy watchdog for 23andMe's Chapter 11 after the genetic testing group and 30 states agreed that a statutorily authorized ombudsman would be the best way to vet a Chapter 11 sale that includes 15 million users' DNA information.
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April 29, 2025
Mich. AG Says Roku Breached Children's Data Privacy
The Michigan Department of Attorney General sued Roku in federal court Tuesday, accusing the streaming platform of illegally collecting the data and personal information of its underage users and sharing it with third parties without parental consent or the notice required by law.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Trade Commission
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Department of Justice
- State and international privacy regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Children’s Online Privacy Protections Act
- Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
- Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
- Cybersecurity Act of 2015
- Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
- Electronic Communications Privacy Act
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- Junk Fax Prevention Act
- Privacy Act of 1974
- Right to Financial Privacy Act
- Telephone Consumer Protection Act
- State and international privacy legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Data breach investigations
- Hacking, spamming, and other online privacy enforcement
- Wiretap and spying probes
- Identity theft charges
- Privacy and data security compliance efforts
- LITIGATION
- Suits over access to, sharing of, or improper use of personal records, including employment, health, and financial data
- Disputes over data hacks and classified information leaks
- Cases involving the coverage of data-related liability
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of privacy practices
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- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
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