Eric Ebenstein, TikTok senior director of public policy, was appointed as chair of the Family Online Safety Institute's Board of Directors, FOSI said Wednesday. At TikTok, Ebenstein leads government affairs for North and Latin America on issues like teen protections, family-focused features and responsible platform governance.
Gordon Wade is leaving TikTok to join Zoominfo as senior legal counsel and data protection officer, he said in a LinkedIn post. He previously served as senior privacy counsel for Europe privacy at TikTok.
U.S. attempts to pressure the EU to back off its digital rules could backfire against American tech companies, telecom consultant Innocenza Genna wrote Dec. 24 on his blog.
President Donald Trump’s “shadowy” deal to get ByteDance to divest TikTok won’t protect national security or privacy, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said Monday, citing a New York Times opinion piece.
A case charging SeatGeek violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) by using tracking technologies should be dropped for failure to allege harm, argued the ticketing platform in a court document Wednesday.
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X breached its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA) and should pay a 120 million euros ($140 million) fine, the European Commission said Friday in its first non-compliance decision under the law. X didn't immediately comment.
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A recent court decision demonstrates that “retail sites aren’t getting a free pass” when it comes to California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) claims, especially when pixel trackers are collecting much more than what's needed for ads, said Troutman Amin lawyer Keerti Jaya in a blog post Friday.
Parents shouldn't post photos and videos of children on social media ("sharenting"), French DPA CNIL and Italian watchdog Garante said this week.