The FTC reached a proposed settlement with the operators of OkCupid to resolve allegations that the dating app violated Section 5 of the FTC Act by sharing users’ personal information with a third-party AI company despite promising otherwise in its privacy policy.

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Iowa AG Brenna Bird filed a lawsuit against healthcare claims clearinghouse Change Healthcare Inc. and its owners and operators alleging that cybersecurity and breach-response failures during a 2024 cyberattack violated the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act and the Personal Information Security Breach Protection Act. The petition claims the companies used outdated, insecure systems that lacked basic…

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Massachusetts AG Andrea Joy Campbell, California AG Rob Bonta, and Maryland AG Anthony Brown co-led a coalition of 17 Democratic AGs in suing the U.S. Department of Education and OMB over a new mandate requiring colleges and universities to turn over sweeping amounts of disaggregated student data, alleging the rushed rollout violates the Administrative Procedure Act and the Paperwork Reduction Act.

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Iowa AG Brenna Bird filed a lawsuit against General Motors LLC and its subsidiary OnStar LLC for allegedly violating the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act by collecting and selling drivers’ vehicle data without adequate disclosure or consent.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton reached a settlement with Samsung to resolve allegations that the company violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by collecting user viewing data without their informed consent. According to the complaint, Samsung allegedly used Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) technology to track what consumers watched across apps, cable, and connected devices, and…

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