Privacy Headlines

NPR Technology · 3/24/2026

The jury agreed that Meta engaged in "unconscionable" trade practices that unfairly took advantage of the vulnerabilities of and inexperience of children. Jurors found there were thousands of violations, each counting separately toward a penalty of $375 million.

Google News Privacy · 3/23/2026

CalPrivacy Issues $1.1 Million Fine for CCPA Violations Involving Student Privacy Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

PPC Land · 3/21/2026

Sunday Tribune · 3/21/2026

AD HOC NEWS · 3/20/2026

Data Protection Report · 3/19/2026

On 9 February 2026, the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) published its 2025 report on its enforcement action. Beyond the €487 million – in cumulative fines – largely driven (unsurprisingly) by two sanctions related to cookies, another trend deserves attention: the growing numbers of fines for failure to ensure the security of personal... Continue Reading

Google News Privacy · 3/18/2026

UK Regulator Fines Reddit £14.47 Million Over Children’s Data Privacy Violations BABL AI

Open Rights Group · 3/17/2026

Digital Watch Observatory · 3/16/2026

TheBestVPN.com · 3/16/2026

PPC Land · 3/13/2026

Luxembourg Times · 3/13/2026

noyb.eu · 3/13/2026

Reuters · 3/13/2026

Google News Privacy · 3/13/2026

Win for Amazon as Luxembourg court scraps record $854 million privacy fine Reuters

Google News Privacy · 3/11/2026

CalPrivacy Issues $1.1 Million Fine for CCPA Violations Involving Student Privacy Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

MLex · 3/10/2026

Data Protection Report · 3/6/2026

Earlier this year, the Attorneys General of Massachusetts and Connecticut entered into settlement agreements with Comstar, LLC, an ambulance billing firm, relating to alleged HIPAA regulation violations in connection with a ransomware incident.  Comstar is a business associate under HIPAA, and state regulators are authorized to enforce HIPAA under the authority granted by the Health... Continue Reading

Google News Privacy · 3/4/2026

California fines national high school ticketing platform $1.1 million for privacy violations The Record from Recorded Future News

Cybernews · 2/25/2026

Freshfields Risk & Compliance · 2/18/2026

Data Protection Report · 2/14/2026

On February 11, 2026, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $2.75 million settlement with The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”), the largest civil penalty to date under the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (collectively, “CCPA”), resolving claims that Disney’s opt-out mechanisms did not fully satisfy CCPA requirements. This... Continue Reading

Google News Privacy · 2/13/2026

California Fines Disney For Alleged Privacy Violations 02/13/2026 MediaPost

Google News Privacy · 2/12/2026

California fines Disney $2.75 million for data privacy violations The Record from Recorded Future News

Google News Privacy · 2/12/2026

Disney faces $2.75 million fine for broken streaming privacy controls PPC Land