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In the news...
- Will Lawmakers Really Act to Protect Children Online? Some Say Yes [nytimes.com]
"After senators grilled the leaders of Meta, TikTok, X and others [during a US Senate hearing on online child safety], some say there may be momentum to pass rules to safeguard the internet’s youngest users." David McCabe and Celia Kang report, detailing potential "indicators that the topic of online child safety may gain more traction legislatively."
- 23andMe Admits It Didn't Detect Cyberattacks for Months [techcrunch.com]
23andMe "did not detect a series of cyberattacks where hackers were trying — and often succeeding — in brute-forcing access to customers’ accounts" for about five months, per a data breach notification letter the biotech company recently filed with regulators.
- Dutch watchdog fines Uber 10 mln euros over privacy regulations infringement [reuters.com]
"The Dutch data protection authority (DPA) has fined Uber 10 million euros ($11 million) for infringement of privacy regulations regarding its drivers' personal data," Reuters reports. DPA findings included "that Uber had not specified in its terms and conditions for how long it retained its drivers' personal data, or how it secured the data when sending it...outside the European Economic Area."
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