South Korea’s media regulator is stepping into the growing controversy over Instagram’s mass account suspensions, opening a formal investigation into what many users have described as a sweeping and unexplained “ban wave.”
As lawmakers globally push for tougher age checks online and platforms scramble to respond, the Federal Trade Commission is stepping in to clarify how far companies can go without tripping over federal child privacy law.
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Italy’s data protection authority has ordered Amazon to immediately stop processing sensitive personal data relating to more than 1,800 employees at its Passo Corese logistics hub, after finding the company had systematically recorded highly personal information about workers for years.
Wynn Resorts has confirmed that employee data was stolen in a cyber incident attributed to the cybercrime group ShinyHunters, after the company briefly appeared on the group’s data leak website. As reported by SecurityWeek, the Las Vegas-based casino and hotel operator acknowledged that “an unauthorized third party acquired certain employee data.”
Poland’s data protection authority has fined DPD Polska more than $2.75 million (over PLN 11 million) after finding serious failures in how the courier company structured its relationships with external carriers and authorized staff to handle personal data.
PayPal is notifying a number of customers that their personal information was exposed following a coding error in its PayPal Working Capital loan application, an issue that persisted for more than five months before being identified.