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Emma Roth

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    Spotify’s audiobook arm wants to hear from independent authors.

    The company has opened submissions for short-form content “written specifically for audio.” If Spotify chooses to move forward with a submission, it will make an offer and then publish the audiobook. Spotify will also pay an advance and royalties (but doesn’t note any specifics).

    Emma Roth
    Emma Roth
    Nintendo’s San Francisco store opens on May 15th.

    The store, which is located in San Francisco’s Union Square, will open its doors a little less than one year after Nintendo first announced it. It marks Nintendo’s second retail location in the US, offering games and consoles, along with accessories, apparel, home goods, and souvenirs exclusive to the San Francisco store.

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    Emma Roth
    Allstate sued for ‘back-to-back’ data breaches.

    In a lawsuit filed this week, NY Attorney General Letitia James accused Allstate’s subsidiary, National General, of storing customers’ driver’s license numbers in plain text, leading to a 2020 breach that exposed the information of more than 12,000 people.

    Following this incident, James alleges National General “continued to leave driver’s license numbers exposed” on a separate website, which allowed hackers to get ahold of the personal information of more than 187,000 customers the following year. She also claims National General failed to properly notify affected customers.