A federal judge on Tuesday refused to bring back a class action lawsuit alleging four auto manufacturers had violated Washington state’s privacy laws by using vehicles’ on-board infotainment systems to record and intercept customers’ private text messages and mobile phone call logs.
An Annapolis, Maryland-based company, Berla Corporation, provides the technology to some car manufacturers but does not offer it to the general public, the lawsuit said. Once messages are downloaded, Berla’s software makes it impossible for vehicle owners to access their communications and call logs but does provide law...
A Seattle-based appellate judge ruled that the practice does not meet the threshold for an illegal privacy violation under state law, handing a big win to automakers Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and General Motors.
A Seattle-based appellate judge ruled that the practice does not meet the threshold for an illegal privacy violation under state law, handing a big win to automakers Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and General Motors.
CyberHUB, an Armenian digital rights organization that is investigating the incidents, said the number of spyware infections in the country has been steadily increasing over the last two years. Many infections are linked to the government of Azerbaijan, which has had a history of conflict with Armenia especially concerning the...
FTC approves rule giving non-banking financial institutions 30 days to report data breaches
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Canada’s largest airline announced a data breach this week that involved the information of employees, but said its operations and customer data was not impacted....
The Ethiopian military has committed atrocities in a swath of the country where the internet has been blacked out for more than a month and a half, according to human rights monitors....
