TikTok Faces Fine as EU Prepares Probe Over Risks to Minors February 12, 2024 By Stephanie Bodoni and Jillian Deutsch TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. faces the threat of hefty fines as the European Union prepares a probe under its strict...
Microsoft’s Bing, Edge to Avoid EU’s Digital Dominance Crackdown January 23, 2024 By Stephanie Bodoni and Samuel Stolton Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine, Edge web browser and Advertising services are set to be exempt from strict new European...
Santander Fined £108 Million by UK Watchdog for Lax Money-Laundering Controls December 9, 2022 By Stephanie Bodoni and Jonathan Browning Santander UK Plc was fined £108 million ($132 million) by the UK financial watchdog over repeated anti-money laundering failures that...
Google Sued in UK by 130,000 Alleged Victims of Its Online Advertising Dominance December 1, 2022 By Stephanie Bodoni Google and its parent Alphabet Inc. were sued in a UK court over alleged antitrust abuses in a group claim...
Meta Could Face Hefty Fine as EU Probe Into Massive Data Leak Draws to Close October 5, 2022 By Stephanie Bodoni Meta Platforms Inc. could face a hefty fine as a probe by a key European Union privacy watchdog into the...
‘SLAPP’ Lawsuits Used by Rich and Powerful to Silence Critics Face EU Crackdown April 27, 2022 By Stephanie Bodoni Wealthy individuals including Russian oligarchs, states and corporations that abuse the legal system to gag journalists and dodge oversight face...
Big Tech Blackout Set to Be Averted With EU-U.S. Data Pact March 28, 2022 By Stephanie Bodoni The European Union and U.S. broke the deadlock on a new data-transfer pact, potentially avoiding a doomsday scenario for tech...
Amazon Appeals Record $865M Fine for Violation of EU Data Protection Rules October 19, 2021 By Stephanie Bodoni Amazon.com Inc. appealed a record 746 million-euro ($865 million) penalty for allegedly violating the European Union’s tough data-protection rules. The...
EU Permits Free Flow of Data with UK to Avoid Violations of Its Strict Privacy Rules June 29, 2021 By Stephanie Bodoni The European Union gave its formal blessing to a decision guaranteeing the free flow of data between the bloc and...
Facebook Faces UK Legal Action Involving Cambridge Analytica Scandal October 29, 2020 By Stephanie Bodoni Facebook Inc. risks being dragged into a UK legal dispute involving almost 1 million British users affected by the Cambridge...