Jan 02, 2024NewsroomData Privacy / Online Tracking Google has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed in June 2020 that alleged that the company misled users by tracking their surfing activity who thought that their internet use remained private when using the “incognito” or “private” mode on web browsers. The class-action lawsuit sought at least $5 […]
The fundraising software company Blackbaud agreed Thursday to pay $49.5 million to settle claims brought by the attorneys general of 49 states and Washington, D.C., related to a 2020 data breach that exposed sensitive information from 13,000 nonprofits. Health information, Social Security numbers and the financial information of donors or clients of the nonprofits, universities, […]
Sep 15, 2023THNPrivacy / Online Security Google has agreed to pay $93 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. state of California over allegations that the company’s location-privacy practices misled consumers and violated consumer protection laws. “Our investigation revealed that Google was telling its users one thing – that it would no longer […]