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- FTC fines cybersecurity company Avast $16.5 million for tracking and selling user data [edition.cnn.com]
In a recent complaint, the Federal Trade Commission claimed that "Avast, a firm that promises to protect consumer data from online tracking, has done the opposite, collecting and selling user browsing data without knowledge or consent while simultaneously misleading users." In addition to the fine, "Avast is being hit with a ban from the FTC to prohibit the company from selling or licensing data for advertising purposes."
- 70% of Australians don’t feel in control of their data as companies hide behind meaningless privacy terms [theconversation.com]
Per new research from the nonprofit Consumer Policy Research Centre and UNSW Sydney, "Australian consumers don’t understand how companies – including data brokers – track, target and profile them." The report suggests that consumers are "understandably frustrated, anxious and angry about the unfair and untrustworthy ways organizations make use of their personal information and expose them to increased risk of data misuse."
- EU opens investigation into TikTok over online content and child safeguarding [theguardian.com]
Video platform TikTok is "under scrutiny over potential breach of Digital Services Act in areas such as age verification." "Thierry Breton, the EU’s commissioner for internal market, said the protection of children was a 'top enforcement priority' under the DSA." Dan Milmo reports.
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