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Latest News in Cybersecurity & Privacy

  • March 02, 2026

    High Court Blocks California's Gender Privacy Rule

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a lower court order that barred California public schools from allowing transgender and gender-nonconforming students to use different names and pronouns at school without their parents' knowledge or consent while the order is appealed.

  • March 02, 2026

    Ex-Google CEO Wins Stay Of Sexual Assault, Surveillance Suit

    A woman who accused former Google CEO Eric Schmidt of sexually assaulting and surveilling her must arbitrate her claims, a Los Angeles state court judge ruled Monday after pressing the woman earlier in the day on whether the alleged surveillance, including the use of private investigators, amounted to sexual harassment.

  • March 02, 2026

    Meta Atty Gets Pushback From Therapist In Social Media Trial

    A psychiatrist testifying as an expert for the plaintiff in a landmark bellwether trial over claims Instagram and YouTube harm children's mental health on Monday pushed back on suggestions from Meta's attorney that the plaintiff's parents' purported abuse, neglect and abandonment are possibly responsible for her mental health struggles rather than social media addiction. 

  • March 02, 2026

    Judge Signals Likely Trim Of Bitcoin Depot Data Breach Suit

    A Georgia federal judge signaled Monday that he would likely trim the range of claims that cryptocurrency ATM operator Bitcoin Depot is facing over allegations that the personal information of tens of thousands of American customers was compromised in a 2024 data breach.

  • March 02, 2026

    Abbott Beats Data Sharing Suit Over Glucose Tracking Trial

    An Illinois federal judge on Monday permanently tossed a lawsuit accusing Abbott Laboratories of unlawfully sharing website visitors' personal data with Meta and Google, saying the plaintiffs can't plausibly show that their legally protected information ever left Abbott's website.

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