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TikTok to Pay $400 Million Over U.S. Child Privacy Claims
The Justice Department says the ByteDance app broke rules protecting children's data. Most of the money is due now, the rest when an old court order is lifted.

Your Bank May Be Sending Your Loan Details to TikTok Without Knowing It
New research finds that tracking tools baked into banking websites are quietly forwarding customers' personal and financial data to advertising platforms, sometimes before anyone clicks 'accept cookies'.

Ofcom Wants Big Tech to Stop Scam Ads. Here's What That Means for You.
The UK's communications regulator has told the country's largest social platforms to clean up fraudulent advertising or face fines of up to 10% of their global revenue.

Australian Health Websites Secretly Fed Patients' Fertility and Medication Searches to Meta and TikTok
Australia's privacy regulator has ruled that Monash IVF and Medmate broke the law by embedding invisible tracking code on their health websites — code that sent sensitive visitor data to social media giants without asking anyone's permission.