Law Firm Orrick Reveals Extensive Data Breach, Over Half a Million Affected

Global law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe discloses a data breach that affects a whopping $600,000 individuals.
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Hackaday Links: August 7, 2022

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If you ever needed proof that class-action lawsuits are a good deal only for the lawyers, look no further than the news that Tim Hortons will settle a data-tracking suit …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: August 7, 2022

How EasyJet customers could make money out of the airline being hacked

If you were one of the many EasyJet customers who received an email from the airline disclosing that your personal information may have been accessed by hackers, you might be eligible for compensation.
Here’s one way you might try to do that.
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Clearview AI won’t sell vast faceprint collection to private companies

… nor to anybody, even law enforcement, in the place where privacy-oblivious biometrics companies are forced to their knees: Illinois. Continue reading Clearview AI won’t sell vast faceprint collection to private companies

Facebook Privacy Tracking Lawsuit Can Continue, Court Says

Everyone knows that when you use a social media site such as Facebook, the website is collecting information about you. I’m not sure whether, even with privacy settings set, that people know who is getting access to this information, for what purposes… Continue reading Facebook Privacy Tracking Lawsuit Can Continue, Court Says

Two schoolkids sue Google for collecting biometrics

The suit is about biometrics and children’s privacy in Google’s education apps, which are suddenly, wildly popular now due to COVID-19. Continue reading Two schoolkids sue Google for collecting biometrics

Zynga faces class action suit over massive Words With Friends hack

It’s charging subpar password security and lousy user notification: Zynga has yet to notify users to warn them of the breach, the suit says. Continue reading Zynga faces class action suit over massive Words With Friends hack

CCPA’s Statutory Damages Push More Breach Litigation to the Golden State

We had long predicted that the CCPA’s introduction of statutory damages associated with certain data breaches would make California a popular venue for data breach class action lawsuits. Sure enough, litigants are now raising such claims in&#160… Continue reading CCPA’s Statutory Damages Push More Breach Litigation to the Golden State

Facebook, Google, YouTube order Clearview to stop scraping faceprints

It’s my First Amendment right to scrape publicly available face images, its CEO says. Besides, we’re just doing what Google Search does. Continue reading Facebook, Google, YouTube order Clearview to stop scraping faceprints

Facial recognition firm sued for scraping 3 billion faceprints

A potential class action says Clearview AI is breaking biometrics privacy law by ransacking social media so police can match photos with IDs. Continue reading Facial recognition firm sued for scraping 3 billion faceprints