7 States Set to File Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google; Researchers Find Backdoors in Chinese-Made Routers Sold at Walmart; Chinese President Pushes for Global QR Codes Amid COVID-19; Home Depot Reaches $17.5 Million Settlement for 2014 Data Breach.

UK Watchdog Probing Google’s Ad Data Plan After Complaints; IATA Introduces Apps for COVID-19 Travel; Patient Data Exposed in LSU Medical Center Breach; Russia Begins Case Against Google for Failing to Ban Content.

Apple Criticizes Facebook for Data Practices to Privacy Groups; US Military Bought Location Data From Apps, Including Muslim Prayer App; Chrome Extensions Will Be Required to Reveal Data-Collection Practices; Researchers: Household Vacuum Cleaners Can Be Remotely Hacked; Internet and Tech Companies Threaten to Leave Pakistan.

EU Digital Chief to Meet With Big Tech on Rules to Limit Power; Facebook Discloses ‘Hate-Speech’ Data; Cisco Rolls Out Fixes to Webex Flaws; Liquid, Japanese Cryptoexchange, Discloses Data Breach.

Trump Fires Election Security Director Christopher Krebs; Canada Proposes Stricter Privacy Law;LAPD Bans Facial Recognition Technology; Judge Hopes to Set Schedule in Google’s Antitrust Lawsuit.

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TikTok Expands Parental Protections; Facebook, Twitter CEOs Defend Election Actions; Twitter Launches Posts That Disappear in 24 Hours; 10,000 in Del. Affected by COVID-19 Breach.

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EU Privacy Activists File Complaint Against Apple; Facebook, Twitter CEOs to Testify on 2020 Election Handling; Wearable COVID Trackers Are Latest Trend in Contact-Tracing; 350,000 Items of Personal Data Hacked in Capcom Breach.

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Microsoft: Russian, North Korean Hackers Target Vaccine Work; ByteDance Granted 15-Day Extension on Order to Divest TikTok; CEO of Google Apologizes for Leaked Documents; 46M Records Exposed in Animal Jam Game Hack.

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Over 1.3M Claims Filed in Facebook Privacy Settlement; US Appeals Order Blocking TikTok Ban; White House Bars Investments in Firms Tied to Chinese Military; Group of 165 Google Critics Call for Tough EU Antitrust Action.

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Google Cuts Free Photo Storage, Pushes Users to Buy More Space; Tech Executives, Critics Named to Biden’s Transition Team; TikTok Asks Court to Intervene as WH Order Looms; Macy’s Not Liable in Data Breach Lawsuit, Court Rules.

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