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...
FTC Privacy Settlement Over Cambridge Analytica Could Cost Facebook Billions February 19, 2019 By David McLaughlin and Ben Brody Facebook Inc. is in talks with U.S. regulators over alleged privacy violations that could force the social-media giant to pay...
UK Insurance Entrepreneur Banks Denies New Allegation of Links with Russia July 23, 2018 British businessman Arron Banks has denied an allegation made by a former business partner that he approached Russians about investing...
Lawmakers Eye Holding Social Media Firms Liable for User Posts July 19, 2018 By Ben Brody Top Republican lawmakers on Tuesday attacked one of the legal protections most prized by social media companies such as Alphabet...
UK Regulator Warns Insurers, Banks About Responsible Use of Customers’ Big Data July 12, 2018 By Huw Jones and Carolyn Cohn Britain’s banks and insurers must take the lead in spelling out how they will use data collected from customers or...
Facebook Faces £500,000 Fine in UK over Cambridge Analytica Data Privacy Violations July 11, 2018 By Stephanie Bodoni Facebook Inc. could be fined a symbolic 500,000 pounds ($664,000) by the U.K.’s privacy regulator after the social network giant...
Facebook in Australia Faces Potential Class Action Suit over Data Privacy Breaches July 10, 2018 By Tom Westbrook Litigation funder IMF Bentham Ltd is preparing to potentially sue social media giant Facebook Inc in Australia over its sharing...
UK Insurance Entrepreneur Banks Accuses Lawmakers of `Witch Hunt’ to Derail Brexit June 13, 2018 By Stuart Biggs Arron Banks, one of the self-described “bad boys of Brexit,” said he has no business interests in Russia and there...
Facebook Begins Complying with EU’s Privacy Rules; Global Users to Be Protected April 18, 2018 By Sarah Frier and Stephanie Bodoni Facebook Inc. is starting to comply with new privacy rules in Europe. And then, to get ahead of scrutiny everywhere...