British lawmakers have called for a ban on the sale and use of security cameras made by Hikvision and Dahua, over privacy fears and concerns of the companies' products being linked to human rights abuses in China.

The law requires online services and websites directed to children under 13 to notify parents about the personal information they collect and to obtain verifiable parental consent.

The Information Commissioner's Office says the reprimand was issued to Surrey Police and Sussex Police, following the roll-out of an app in 2016 that recorded conversations and unlawfully captured personal data.

The seizure of the site, worldwiredlabs dot com, was conducted by federal authorities in Los Angeles as part of an international law enforcement effort, the US Department of Justice says.

The company confirmed that users' personal data is not shared with third parties or other Meta companies, including Facebook, for advertising purposes.

Toyota India says it has notified the relevant Indian authorities of the data breach at Toyota Kirloskar Motor, a joint venture with Indian conglomerate Kirloskar Group.

The latest release on the dark web follows progressive uploads, including records of customers' mental health and alcohol use, that began after Medibank said on Nov 7 it would not pay a ransom.

The 2019 privacy bill was designed to protect citizens and establish a so-called data protection authority, but it raised concerns among big tech giants that it could increase their compliance burden and data storage requirements.

Twitter's settlement covers allegations that it misrepresented the 'security and privacy' of user data between May 2013 and September 2019, according to the court documents.

Texas, Indiana, Washington State and the District of Columbia filed separate suits against Google in January in state courts over what they called deceptive location-tracking practices that invade users' privacy.

While such technology might have helped save lives, rights advocates say intrusive solutions could already be so entrenched that personal privacy is the long-term price many people may yet pay.

Google will trial a new system called 'Topics', which it says will protect privacy while continuing to allow targeted advertising.