Data Privacy

43 briefs

FTC ·

FTC orders Amazon to pay $2.25 million over FCRA identity-theft records failures

Companies holding transaction records must give identity-theft victims their application and business-transaction records within FCRA's 30-day limit — the FTC fined Amazon $2.25m for refusing

European Commission ·

EU amends vehicle OBD and repair-information access rules (Delegated Regulation 2026/699)

Vehicle manufacturers must implement the Appendix X procedures for secure, standardised OBD and RMI access (authentication, pseudonymised traceability, API provision, server availability and cybersecurity checks) so independent operators obtain non-discriminatory, machine-readable diagnostic and repair data

The Guardian ·

California restricts General Motors driving-data sales to data brokers

General Motors data teams face a five-year broker-sale ban for consumer-driving data once the settlement is approved