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European Commission Fines Both Apple, Meta For DMA BreachesEuropean Commission Fines Both Apple, Meta For DMA Breaches

European Commission Fines Both Apple, Meta For DMA Breaches

European regulators have issued both Apple and Meta Platforms with fines totalling hundreds of millions of euros for breaching DMA

5 days ago
WhatsApp Appeal Against EU Fine Backed By Court AdvisorWhatsApp Appeal Against EU Fine Backed By Court Advisor

WhatsApp Appeal Against EU Fine Backed By Court Advisor

Notable development for Meta, after appeal against 2021 WhatsApp privacy fine is backed by advisor to EU's Court of Justice

1 month ago
Amazon Loses Appeal To Record EU Privacy FineAmazon Loses Appeal To Record EU Privacy Fine

Amazon Loses Appeal To Record EU Privacy Fine

Amazon loses appeal in Luxembourg's administrative court over 746m euro GDPR fine related to use of data for personalised advertising

1 month ago

Meta To Show Marketplace Ads From Rival Ad Providers

After huge fine, Meta launches 'Facebook Marketplace Partner Program' so rival service providers can list ads on Facebook Marketplace in…

2 months ago
Meta Fined €798m Over Alleged Facebook Marketplace ViolationsMeta Fined €798m Over Alleged Facebook Marketplace Violations

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

5 months ago
Google Fined More Than World’s GDP By RussiaGoogle Fined More Than World’s GDP By Russia

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…

6 months ago
LinkedIn Fined €310m By Irish Data Protection CommissionLinkedIn Fined €310m By Irish Data Protection Commission

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

6 months ago
Top Court Sides With Intel Over EU Antitrust FineTop Court Sides With Intel Over EU Antitrust Fine

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

6 months ago
Russia Fines Google, Discord For ‘Banned Content’Russia Fines Google, Discord For ‘Banned Content’

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

7 months ago
Qualcomm Loses Appeal Over EU Antitrust FineQualcomm Loses Appeal Over EU Antitrust Fine

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…

7 months ago
EU Court Rules Google’s €1.49bn Fine Should Be AnnulledEU Court Rules Google’s €1.49bn Fine Should Be Annulled

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

7 months ago
Apple Ordered To Pay Ireland €13bn In TaxesApple Ordered To Pay Ireland €13bn In Taxes

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

8 months ago
Uber Fined $324m For Transferring European Data To USUber Fined $324m For Transferring European Data To US

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

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

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

8 months ago
UK ICO Fines NHS Supplier For Medical Records BreachUK ICO Fines NHS Supplier For Medical Records Breach

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

9 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

10 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…

11 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

11 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

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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…

2 years 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'

2 years 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

2 years 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…

2 years 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…

2 years 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