According to a highly critical article recently published by TechCrunch, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), President Trump’s advisory board headed by Elon Musk, has “taken control of top federal departments and datasets” and has access to “sensitive data of millions of Americans and the nation’s closest allies.” The author calls this “the biggest
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X Corp Loses Battle Over Public Data Access
By Robinson+Cole's Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
In a significant setback for Elon Musk’s X Corp (formerly Twitter), a U.S. District Judge has dismissed the company’s lawsuit against an Israeli data-scraping firm, Bright Data Ltd. We previously reported on X’s recent spree of lawsuits against data-scraping companies.
The court held X Corp failed to demonstrate that Bright Data violated its user agreement…
X Corp Lawsuits Target Data Scraping
By Robinson+Cole's Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
X Corp (formerly Twitter) has cracked down on data scrapers in a series of lawsuits filed within the last several weeks. One lawsuit targets an Israel-based research firm that provides commercial data scraping, called Bright Data, for alleged unjust enrichment. Another targets The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a UK nonprofit known for scraping…
Privacy Tip #45 – Evaluate the data security of your dream car before you buy it: Tesla is on top for data security right now
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Privacy Tips
We have previously reported on hackings of automobiles [view related posts here, here, and here]. Not only can hackings obtain information about your driving habits, your GPS usage and location, the use of your cell phone, access to your contacts, and other information, but it can be dangerous to your physical health.…