Facebook Faces 2nd UK Class Action Lawsuit over Data Harvesting Scandal February 10, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley Facebook is facing a second London High Court class action over allegations it failed to protect the personal details of...
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...
Facebook to Pay $644,000 Fine in U.K. over Cambridge Analytica Scandal October 30, 2019 Facebook has agreed to pay a 500,000 pound ($644,000) fine for breaches of data protection law related to the harvesting...
U.S. Close to $5 Billion Penalty Against Facebook Over Cambridge Analytica Data July 23, 2019 By David Shepardson The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is expected to announce a roughly $5 billion settlement with Facebook Inc. as early as...
EU’s Landmark Data Privacy Law, GDPR, Already Providing Global Standard May 23, 2019 By Foo Yun Chee A landmark European privacy law is making waves worldwide a year after it came into force, fundamentally changing the way...
How Much Do Facebook Users Really Care About Privacy? April 29, 2019 By Supantha Mukherjee and Diane Bartz Facebook Inc. is preparing for a record-setting fine from U.S. regulators over privacy issues, but Wall Street shrugged at the...
Privacy Practices Probe Could Cost Facebook Up to $5 Billion April 25, 2019 By David McLaughlin and Daniel R. Stoller Facebook Inc. estimated that it will cost as much as $5 billion to resolve a U.S. investigation into its privacy...
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Says He Backs Regulation of Internet Content, Privacy April 2, 2019 By Selina Wang, Sarah Frier and Matthew G. Miller Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg called for new global regulations governing the internet, recommending overarching rules on hateful...
New York Governor Orders Investigation Into Facebook’s Access to User Data February 25, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel and Katie Paul New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday ordered two state agencies to investigate a media report that Facebook Inc may...
Facebook Broke Data Privacy Rules, so Self-Regulation Must End: UK Lawmakers February 19, 2019 By Paul Sandle Facebook intentionally breached data privacy and competition law and should, along with other big tech companies, be subject to a...