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  • Associated Press

    FTC sends $5.6 million in refunds to Ring customers as part of video privacy settlement

    The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part of a settlement with Amazon-owned Ring, which was charged with failing to protect private video footage from outside access. In a 2023 complaint, the FTC accused the doorbell camera and home security provider of allowing its employees and contractors to access customers' private videos. Ring allegedly used such footage to train algorithms without consent, among other purposes.

  • CBC

    Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal of N.L.'s COVID-19 travel ban

    The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal related to Newfoundland and Labrador's decision to close its borders early in the COVID-19 pandemic. The case, which was launched by Kim Taylor of Nova Scotia and backed by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, claimed the province's travel ban was unconstitutional. It was dismissed in September 2020 by provincial court Judge Donald Burrage, who said it did violate one section of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms but was supp

  • The Independent

    Kamala Harris Secret Service agent removed for exhibiting ‘distressing’ behaviour

    There was ‘no impact’ on the vice-president’s departure from the military air base