Remove District of Columbia Remove Files Remove Issue
article thumbnail

Google sued by DC and three states for ‘deceptive’ Android location tracking

The Verge

The attorneys general of three states and the District of Columbia are suing Google for the allegedly deceptive collection of location data on Android. Racine’s suit, filed today, accuses Google of violating DC’s Consumer Protection Procedures Act. Illustration by Alex Castro.

DC 79
article thumbnail

DC sues Grubhub, claiming its app is full of hidden fees and jacked-up prices

The Verge

District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine is suing Grubhub for deceptive business practices, saying its food delivery app covertly inflates prices for diners who order through it. The newly filed lawsuit argues that Grubhub’s promises of “free” online orders — and “unlimited free delivery” for Grubhub Plus — are misleading.

DC 95
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Blackbaud Settles With California For $6.75 Million

The NonProfit Times

Blackbaud has now settled with all 50 states and the District of Columbia regarding the May 2020 data breach which has cost the firm millions in legal costs and fines. The others states and the District of Columbia settled in October 2023. Blackbaud settled with the State of California for $6.75

article thumbnail

Daily Crunch: Used-car marketplace Sylndr lands $12.6M pre-seed round, sets new record for MENA startups

TechCrunch

Last week, CEO Chuck Robbins told analysts that the company was feeling the impacts of global supply chain issues and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but it’s increasingly unclear whether healthy software revenues can compensate for its sinking hardware business. It also goes into why drivers stuck around even after the price reduction.

Cisco 88
article thumbnail

Mr. Manager, Tear down this wall!

Forum One

Vivek Kundra, Chief Technical Officer, for the District of Columbia, discussed the District’s radical transformation a model of the to the digital public sphere model. The District, never a beacon for transparent governance, sought to reverse course when he joined the new Adrian Fenty’s administration.

article thumbnail

FCC win clears the way for a massive Wi-Fi 6E upgrade

The Verge

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has backed up an April 2020 decision by the FCC to open up 1,200MHz of spectrum in the 6GHz band for unlicensed use. is encouraging to read the Court’s strong approval of this work and we look forward to addressing on remand the narrow issue that the court identified.”.

article thumbnail

TikTok chief security officer says its servers are already separate from ByteDance

The Verge

Roland Cloutier, global chief security officer for TikTok, says in a new court filing , in advance of an upcoming hearing in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, that the Commerce Department made several incorrect assertions about the company’s data security policies and practices.