Privacy

Three new data privacy draft bills have been passed by the California Privacy Protection Agency following Gov. Gavin Newsom's recent enactment of a law that eases consumer data sharing opt-outs from web browsers.

A coalition of journalists discovered that data brokers were selling location data obtained from mobile phones, including those of top EU officials.

U.S. streaming service Sling TV has been ordered by California Attorney General Rob Bonta to pay a $530,000 penalty for violating the state's consumer privacy law, The Cyber Express reports.

TechCrunch reports that the Federal Trade Commission has been urged by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., to investigate police surveillance technology firm Flock Safety, claiming that the company had failed to put in place basic cybersecurity protections for its license plate-scanning camera network.

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