Privacy-Violation

National Archives Releases Unredacted Military Records of Trump Opponent to GOP Operative

| Importance: 9/10

The National Personnel Records Center released Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s nearly unredacted military records—including Social Security number, home addresses, life insurance information, performance evaluations, and classified information nondisclosure agreements—to Nicholas De Gregorio, who stated …

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DOJ Sues Six States to Seize Voter Data Including Social Security Numbers and Driver's Licenses

| Importance: 9/10

The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division filed federal lawsuits against California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania demanding unredacted statewide voter registration lists including driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers for …

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Education Department Inspector General Probes DOGE's Illegal Access to Student Loan Data

| Importance: 8/10

The Education Department Inspector General launched an investigation into whether Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) illegally accessed sensitive student loan data including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, bank account information, and income data for millions of …

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ICE Reactivates $2M Paragon Spyware Contract for WhatsApp, Signal Encryption Breaking

| Importance: 9/10

ICE lifted the stop work order on its $2 million contract with Israeli spyware maker Paragon, granting the agency access to ‘Graphite’ spyware capable of bypassing encryption on WhatsApp, Signal, and Facebook Messenger. The software uses ‘zero-click exploits’ that force …

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FTC Fines Facebook Record $5 Billion But Grants Zuckerberg Immunity from Personal Liability

| Importance: 9/10

The FTC announces a record $5 billion fine against Facebook for privacy violations related to Cambridge Analytica, but grants unprecedented immunity from personal liability to Mark Zuckerberg and other executives for past misconduct while imposing no structural changes to the company’s …

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Cambridge Analytica Scandal Exposed by Whistleblower Christopher Wylie

| Importance: 10/10

Christopher Wylie reveals Cambridge Analytica harvested 87 million Facebook profiles without consent for political manipulation, triggering global privacy crisis

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Aleksandr Kogan creates 'This Is Your Digital Life' Facebook app; data later used by Cambridge Analytica

| Importance: 8/10

Cambridge University researcher Aleksandr Kogan developed a personality-quiz app that collected data via Facebook’s API and shared it with Cambridge Analytica. Regulators later documented deceptive practices; Facebook estimated up to ~87 million users were affected.

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Google Fined Record $22.5M for Deliberately Overriding Safari Privacy Settings

| Importance: 9/10

On August 9, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission announced that Google would pay a record $22.5 million civil penalty—the largest ever levied against a single company in FTC history—to settle charges of deliberately circumventing Apple Safari browser privacy settings to track users without their …

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