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Meta Fined €798m Over Alleged Facebook Marketplace Violations

Antitrust penalty. European Commission fines Meta a hefty €798m ($843m) for tying Facebook Marketplace to its social network

1 month ago

Google Fined More Than World’s GDP By Russia

Good luck. Russia demands Google pay a fine worth more than the world's total GDP, over YouTube bans on pro-Russian…

2 months ago

LinkedIn Fined €310m By Irish Data Protection Commission

Heavy fine for LinkedIn, after Irish data protection watchdog cites GDPR violations with people's personal data for targeted ads

2 months ago

Top Court Sides With Intel Over EU Antitrust Fine

Fresh win for Intel after Europe top court upholds annulment of billion-euro antitrust fine imposed by European Commission in 2009

2 months ago

Russia Fines Google, Discord For ‘Banned Content’

Russia again fines Google, as well as Discord, for not deleting content that Moscow deems banned or illegal

3 months ago

Qualcomm Loses Appeal Over EU Antitrust Fine

EU General Court upholds European Commission €242m antitrust fine against Qualcomm, after it allegedly forced a UK firm out of…

3 months ago

EU Court Rules Google’s €1.49bn Fine Should Be Annulled

Google wins court challenge. Europe's second highest court rules EC's €1.49bn antitrust fine should be dismissed

3 months ago

Apple Ordered To Pay Ireland €13bn In Taxes

Europe's top court backs Commission's 2016 decision that Ireland granted Apple unlawful aid, and Tim Cook must pay it back

3 months ago

Uber Fined $324m For Transferring European Data To US

Dutch data protection watchdog imposes fine of €290m on Uber for transferring personal data of European drivers to US servers

4 months ago

Firm That Sent Fake AI Robocalls Of Joe Biden Is To Pay $1m Fine

Settlement sees Lingo Telecom agree to pay $1 million fine for transmitting fake AI robocalls of Joe Biden in January

4 months ago

UK ICO Fines NHS Supplier For Medical Records Breach

NHS supplier Advanced Computer Software Group fined £6m for data breach that exposed medical records of 82,000 people

5 months ago

Microsoft At Risk Of EU Antitrust Charge Over Teams Bundling With Office

Unfair advantage says EU regulator, as Microsoft faces antitrust charge for bundling its Teams video app with Office suite

6 months ago

ICO Warns PSNI It Faces £750k Fine Over Data Breach

Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) says it cannot afford a £750,000 fine from the ICO, over its self-inflicted data…

7 months ago

Apple Appeals Against EU’s $2bn Music Streaming Fine

Appeal begins appeal against European Commission's €1.84bn fine over Apple's alleged ‘anti-competitive’ music streaming restrictions

7 months ago

Amazon Challenges £28m French Fine Over Worker Monitoring

Amazon challenges 32m euro fine from France's data protection agency over 'excessive' monitoring of warehouse staff

9 months ago

Google Fined 250 Million Euros By French Competition Watchdog

Another stiff fine against Google from French officials – this time 250 million euros for breaching IP rules to train…

9 months ago

Tesla To Settle California’s Hazardous Waste Lawsuit

Elon Musk's Tesla will pay $1.5 million as it settles a lawsuit filed this week in California over mishandling hazardous…

11 months ago

France Fines Amazon 32m Euros Over ‘Excessive’ Worker Surveillance

French data protection regulator fines Amazon 32m euros over 'excessive' worker monitoring, including alerts after 10 minutes of inactivity

11 months ago

Google’s $2.7bn EU Antitrust Fine Should Be Upheld – Court Advisor

Bad news for Alphabet, as advisor to Europe's top court says $2.7bn antitrust fine for online shopping, should be upheld

12 months ago

Equifax Fined By UK Watchdog Over 2017 Data Breach

UK's financial watchdog fines Equifax £11.2m for failure to protect UK consumer data in one of the largest ever cyber…

1 year ago

US Government Issues First-Ever Space Debris Penalty

US FCC slaps Dish Network with first-ever space debris fine, after 20 year-old satellite fails to reach agreed 'disposal orbit'

1 year ago

Intel Re-Issued Hefty Antitrust Fine by European Commission

No escape. After successfully overturning last year its 2009 antitrust fine of €1.06 billion, European Commission re-imposes fine of €376.4m

1 year ago

Google Begins Last Attempt To Overturn $2.6bn EU Antitrust Fine

Alphabet's Google goes to Court of Justice of the European Union in last ditch attempt to overthrow 2.42bn euro EU…

1 year ago

TikTok Fined 345 Million Euros Over Child Data

After privacy fine from UK earlier in the year, TikTok is hit by a larger penalty from the Irish data…

1 year ago

Amazon To Pay $30m Over Alexa, Ring Privacy Violations

Amazon settles with US FTC, after alleged privacy violations with its Alexa voice assistant and Ring doorbell cameras

2 years ago

ICO Fines TikTok £12.7m Over Children’s Data

ICO finds TikTok did not do enough to keep children aged under 13 off the platform, and that as a…

2 years ago

Ericsson Provision Filing Hints At Smaller Fine Over Iraq Conduct

Swedish telecoms giant sets aside $220m for a potential fine, amid US investigation into Ericsson’s conduct in Iraq in 2019

2 years ago

Meta Blow As Irish Watchdog Confirms Hefty Fine

Facebook parent Meta may be prohibited from using personal data for advertising, after EU ruling and Irish fine

2 years ago

Meta Fined 265m Euros Over Data Leak

Irish data protection office fines Facebook parent Meta 265m euros over 2019 data leak, adding up to 1bn euros in…

2 years ago

Apple Wins Huge Reduction Of French Antitrust Fine

French court lowers hefty 1.1 billion euros antitrust fine down to 371.6 million euros, over alleged price fixing with resellers

2 years ago