A man is suing Apple for $6 million after his wife found messages he’d sent to sex workers, even though he thought he’d deleted them. The man, who wants to remain anonymous, claims Apple wasn’t clear about how messages are deleted, and this led to the breakdown of his marriage. Speaking to The Times, the … Read more
The Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday it had referred a complaint against the social media platform TikTok and its parent company ByteDance over potential violations children’s privacy to the Justice Department. In March, a source told Reuters the FTC could resolve a probe into TikTok over allegedly faulty privacy and data security practices by … Read more
The Federal Trade Commission could resolve its investigation into Chinese-owned short video app TikTok over allegedly faulty privacy and data security practices by either filing suit or reaching a settlement in the coming weeks, a source told Reuters. Politico earlier reported the potential FTC action on Tuesday citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. The FTC … Read more
Google has agreed to settle a massive $5 billion lawsuit that accused the embattled tech giant of improperly tracking the personal data of millions of people who used its Chrome browser’s incognito mode, lawyers said Thursday. Lawyers from both sides said they had signed a binding term sheet as part of the mediation process and … Read more
