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Texas Extracts $1.375 Billion from Google Over Alleged Privacy Violations

By Kim S. Nash

 

Welcome back. Google agreed to settle a data-privacy case with the state of Texas for $1.375 billion. 

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, calling the settlement the largest attained by any state with Google over privacy matters, sued the company in 2022 over the alleged tracking and collection of users' data by geolocation services and during incognito-mode browsing. The state also sued Google for allegedly collecting voice prints and facial geometry without consent in services such as Google Photo. 

Paxton has aggressively pursued data-privacy cases against big tech companies, with state lawmakers enacting three data-protection acts since 2023. 

Also today: 

  • 23andMe customers can file privacy claims during company's bankruptcy proceedings
  • Microsoft wants to stop Teams screenshots
  • SAP urges companies to patch critical bug
  • Principal Financial gets a new CISO
 

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23andMe customers affected by a 2023 data breach have until July 14 to file claims for compensation. People who received a breach notice from the genetic-testing company must complete a form describing monetary or non-monetary damages. The company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March. (TechCrunch) 

Microsoft in July plans to roll out a feature to stop Teams users from snapping screenshots during video conferences, a move to protect sensitive corporate information. (Bleeping Computer)

SAP software development tool at risk. NetWeaver Visual Composer, a low-code tool from German tech giant SAP, contains a vulnerability that lets hackers take control of the system, according to security researchers at Onapsis and Mandiant. They have tracked hundreds of compromises worldwide and U.S. officials added the bug to its list of must-fix vulnerabilities for federal agencies. 

  • SAP issued a patch in April and urges customers to apply it. (Cybersecurity Dive)
 

Careers & Talent

Russ Ayres is due to join Principal Financial Group as CISO on May 19, replacing Meg Anderson, who is retiring after 17 years in the role. Anderson is one of the longest-tenured CISOs in the U.S. Ayres is leaving as deputy CISO of Equifax. During his 10 years at the credit-rating firm, Ayres also served a stint as interim CISO after Equifax's 2017 data breach. (Business Record)

 

About Us

The WSJ Pro Cybersecurity team is Deputy Bureau Chief Kim S. Nash and reporters Angus Loten, James Rundle and Catherine Stupp. Follow us on X @WSJCyber. Reach the team by replying to any newsletter you receive or by emailing Kim at kim.nash@wsj.com.

 
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