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Cyber Daily: TikTok Moves to Settle Childrens Privacy Suit

The complaints claim that TikTok sends user data to Chinese servers and improperly collects voiceprints and face geometry scans to recommend content based on users age, race and physical attractiveness.

TikTok strives to settle privacy lawsuit as Oracle deal nears.Lawyers for TikTok are pushing to settle a lawsuit in Illinois alleging the video-sharing app improperly collects data from its users, many of them underage, as its Chinese parent company closes in on a deal with Oracle Corp.

The deadline put more pressure on the company to resolve the suit before a potential sale, and attorneys have been discussing a settlement in recent weeks, according to court filings and three lawyers involved in the case.

A deal could help TikTok avoid a potentially long and expensive case exploring whether it unlawfully records minors personal information, including by scanning their faces, to bolster development of artificial-intelligence technologies in China and feed a recommendation engine seen as key to the app.

Staples notifies customers of data breach.The retailer emailed some customers about unauthorized access of information related to online orders,Bleeping Computer reports. Data compromised could include names, addresses and the last four digits of credit card numbers, among other information, the notification said.

Attackers then sought vulnerabilities in networking equipment and software from F5 Networks Inc., Citrix Systems Inc., Pulse Secure and Microsoft Corp.,CyberScoop reports.

Googles YouTube accused of misusing childrens data in the U.K.Privacy advocates filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.s Google that claims YouTube violates Europes privacy laws by collecting data about kids under age 13,Bloomberg reports.

A YouTube representative declined to comment to the news site about the lawsuit and said the video service isnt intended for children under 13.

Irelands data privacy watchdog pauses Facebook inquiry.A preliminary order from the regulator would have stopped Facebook from transferring Europeans data to the U.S.

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