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Facebook Fined By EU For ‘Misleading’ Over WhatsApp Deal

Zuckerberg's company ordered to pay £95m for misleading authorities during its purchase of WhatsApp

8 years ago

ICO Slaps Insurers RSA With £150,000 Fine After Data Protection ‘Failure’

An unencrypted hard drive containing customer's names, addresses and bank account details was stolen

8 years ago

Brexit Campaigners Fined For Sending 500,000 Spam EU Referendum Texts

Campaign group that backs European exit fined for spam messages, but it tells TechweekEurope ICO has got it wrong

9 years ago

Qualcomm Agrees To Pay $7.5m China Bribery Fine

Chipmaker reportedly hired relatives of Chinese officials and splashed out on gifts for telecoms executives

9 years ago

Toshiba Faces £40m Penalty Over Accounting Scandal

Japanese shareholder revolt as securities watchdog recommends Toshiba be fined nearly £40m

9 years ago

EE Hit With £1m Fine For Mishandling Customer Complaints

Operator falls foul of Ofcom’s requirement to have disputes settled in a quick and timely fashion

9 years ago

AT&T Slapped With ‘Largest Ever’ US Data Breach Fine

US regulator sanctions AT&T over breaches at three overseas call centres that exposed valuable customer data

10 years ago

Qualcomm Facing Up To $1 Billion Chinese Antitrust Fine

Settlement would end a long-running investigation against the chipmaker

10 years ago

Intel ‘Very Disappointed’ After It Loses Antitrust Appeal

An EU court has crushed Intel's bid to overturn its record-breaking antitrust fine

11 years ago

ICO Slams Local Government As It Hands Out More Data Breach Fines

ICO fines on local councils close to hitting £2 million

12 years ago

Bank Account Mixup Lands Prudential With £50k Fine

Firm fined after a mixup involving customers with the same name and birthday

12 years ago

ICO Slaps Stoke City Council With Hefty Data Breach Fine

Council gets massive fine after emails are sent to the wrong person,

12 years ago

Premium Rate Firms Fined £450,000 After Dodgy Facebook Campaigns

PhonePayPlus reaches out to Facebook to clamp down on dodgy premium rate businesses

12 years ago

FTC Sets $163 Million Fine For “Scareware” Business

Selling solutions to non-existing security problems is not OK

12 years ago

Health Trust Fined £175k After Website Gaffe

Torbay Care Trust says it is disappointed by the fine, but it will pay up

12 years ago

Microsoft Windows Browser Choice Under EU Investigation

Microsoft faces an epic fine if it is found to have lied about compliance

12 years ago

Intel Kicks Off €1.06bn EU Antitrust Case

Intel criticises the EU's evidence it cheated in competition with AMD

12 years ago

EU Court Upholds Huge Microsoft Antitrust Fine

Windows developer gets a €39 million discount, has to pay “just” €860 million

12 years ago

NHS Trust Will Appeal Against ICO Penalty

The Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust will appeal if fined £375,000 by ICO

13 years ago

SAP Fine Slashed To $20m In Oracle Copyright Case

SAP's big break of a $1.28bn reduction in its fine for intellectual property infringement has Oracle bristling

13 years ago

Surrey Council Hit By Biggest ICO Fine To Date

Surrey County Council has been fined £120,000 for sending sensitive data to taxi firms, among other breaches

14 years ago