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GeneralBearishTechCrunch – AI · Jun 27/10

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Amazon faces class action lawsuit over Ring facial recognition feature

Amazon's Ring division faces a class action lawsuit filed in Seattle alleging that its Familiar Faces feature collects and stores facial images of passersby without consent. The lawsuit, brought by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt, raises significant privacy concerns about biometric data collection practices in consumer security devices.

GeneralBearishDaily Hodl · Jun 196/10

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Health App Users Receiving $59,500,000 Payout in Settlement Over Alleged Collecting and Disclosing of Intimate Data

Three firms have agreed to a $59.5 million settlement in a class action lawsuit after the period and ovulation tracker app Flo Health allegedly shared users' sensitive menstrual and pregnancy data with third-party companies without consent. The case highlights growing privacy concerns around health data collection and the use of embedded software development kits that facilitate unauthorized data sharing.