1,711 enforcement actions from 16 federal and state jurisdictions. Every event traced back to its official government source.
1,711
Total Actions
16
Jurisdictions
$51.3B+
Total Fines Tracked
The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs obtained a consent decree against Jeremy Rubin, developer of Tidbit Bitcoin-mining software, for accessing New Jersey computers without users' knowledge or consent. The settlement includes a suspended $25,000 monetary penalty and prohibits future unauthorized access, requiring clear notification and verifiable consent.
$25K
The New Jersey Attorney General settled with Dokogeo, the developer of the Dokobots app, for violating COPPA by collecting personal information from children without parental consent. The settlement requires Dokogeo to disclose its data practices, stop collecting children's data, delete existing children's data, and pay a suspended $25,000 penalty.
$25K
Dataium settled allegations that it used history sniffing to track consumers' online browsing without consent and sold personal data of 400,000 consumers to a data broker without notice. The settlement imposes a $400,000 monetary penalty, requires a privacy program, and mandates transparency and opt-out mechanisms.
$400K
New Jersey joined a multi-state settlement with Google alleging that Google circumvented Safari browser's default privacy settings to plant third-party cookies without user consent. Google agreed to pay $17 million and implement injunctive relief to prevent such conduct and improve transparency.
$17.0M
Google settled multi-state allegations that it collected personal data from unsecured wireless networks during Street View operations without user consent. The settlement requires Google to destroy the collected data, refrain from future non-consensual collection, implement a 10-year employee privacy training program, and run a public advertising campaign. New Jersey's share of the settlement is approximately $147,000.
All data sourced from official government enforcement pages.