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Latest News in Cybersecurity & Privacy

  • February 18, 2026

    Genetic Testing Co.'s Acquisition Draws Privacy Suit

    Healthcare technology company Tempus AI illegally compelled a genetic testing company to disclose its "massive trove" of genetic data through acquisition and then further disclosed affected individuals' private data to other companies without consent, an Illinois mother told a federal court.

  • February 18, 2026

    Smith & Wesson Gets Suit Over Tracking Cookies Pared Down

    A California federal judge has cut state wiretap law and several other claims from a proposed class action accusing Smith & Wesson of illegally gathering browsing data from website visitors who rejected the use of tracking cookies, while preserving allegations that the firearm manufacturer facilitated third parties' privacy intrusions.

  • February 18, 2026

    Zuckerberg Testifies That Social Media Doesn't Harm Teens

    Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand Wednesday in a landmark California bellwether trial on claims his company and Google's YouTube harm children's mental health, saying the current scientific literature shows no causal link between social media and teens' mental health.

  • February 18, 2026

    'Flawed' Ruling Let SEC Hide Breach Records, DC Circ. Told

    The New Civil Liberties Alliance has told the D.C. Circuit that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should have to turn over documents related to an internal information breach, arguing a lower court improperly allowed the agency to exempt documents from a Freedom of Information Act request.

  • February 18, 2026

    Reddit Must Face Privacy Suit Over LiveRamp Tracker

    Reddit lost its bid to nix a proposed class action alleging the social media platform violated a California privacy statute by placing a LiveRamp tracker on its website to gather visitor information for targeted advertising, after a federal judge ruled Tuesday that the tracker is plausibly a "pen register" under state law.

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