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June 23, 2025 – Dallas: A United States federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a $177 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit against AT&T, after a plethora of data breaches that exposed the personal data of tens of millions of its customers in 2024. In a ruling filed by U.S. District Judge Ada Brown […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has started a new pilot project with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and few banks for digitally managing user consent and to decrease unwanted calls and messages. TRAI Notes Unverified Consent Behind Spam TRAI found that some businesses were still sending promotional calls and messages to customers […]
Sentra, a worldwide leader in cloud-based data security, has launched an exciting new feature to help companies easily respond to Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR) from individuals. These types of requests are made under global privacy laws, such as the GDPR and CCPA, enabling individuals to request that businesses show or delete personal data they […]
Japan’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PPC) has announced a record-high number of instances of leak and loss of personal data in fiscal 2024, furthering anxiety about data protection in both the private and public sectors. An annual report approved by the Cabinet Tuesday outlined that the PPC received 19,056 reports of leak or loss of […]
The Administrative Court of Hanover has ruled that the use of Google Tag Manager (GTM) without obtaining prior, informed user consent violates the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Telecommunications-Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDSG). The case, registered under VG Hannover 10 A 5385/22, involved a website operator who had implemented GTM on its […]
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has finally released its long-awaited Business Requirements Document (BRD) for Consent Management Systems (CMS) giving organizations a key framework of available action to use their data responsibly under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), 2023. The BRD serves as a practical guide to help install systems […]
On May 14, the Belgian Court delivered a major blow to the online advertising world by ruling that the Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF) is illegal. For years, nearly 80% of websites have used the Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF) to secure user consent for data tracking. Big tech players like Google, Amazon, and X […]
A major data leak has exposed over 184 million user records from a huge 47GB unprotected database, putting millions of people at serious risk of identity theft and cybercrime. The leaked data includes login details from major technology companies like Microsoft, Google, Apple, Facebook, PayPal, and Netflix. The exposed records were found sitting openly on […]
Tiffany & Co. has confirmed that a data breach has affected some of its customers in South Korea, making it the second such incident involving an LVMH brand after Dior. On May 26, Tiffany Korea sent emails to certain customers. They informed them about a cybersecurity breach involving unauthorized access to a vendor platform used […]
A government and private sector investigation team is looking into the recent major data breach at SK Telecom. They have now widened their check to include two other top South Korean mobile carriers — KT and LG Uplus. Industry sources said on Monday that investigators carefully inspected the servers of KT and LG Uplus but […]