Spanish Media Association Files $598M Lawsuit Against Facebook Owner Meta December 4, 2023 By Inti Landauro A group representing 83 Spanish media outlets has filed a 550 million euro ($600 million) lawsuit against Facebook owner Meta...
TikTok Fined €345M Over Handling of Children’s Data in Europe September 19, 2023 TikTok has been fined 345 million euros ($370 million) for breaching privacy laws regarding the processing of children’s personal data...
Big Tech Braces for Roll-Out of EU’s Digital Services Act August 24, 2023 By Martin Coulter More than a dozen of the world’s biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union’s sweeping Digital...
Meta Platforms Seeks to Stop Privacy Breach Fine in Norway August 9, 2023 By Gwladys Fouche Meta Platforms is asking a court in Norway to stop a fine the Nordic country’s data regulator imposed on the...
Dutch Watchdog Probes Alleged Tesla Data Breach May 26, 2023 By Riham Alkousaa and Toby Sterling The data protection watchdog for the Netherlands said on Friday it was aware of possible Tesla data protection breaches, but...
Meta Hit With Record $1.3B Fine Over Data Transfers May 22, 2023 By Padraic Halpin Meta was hit with a record 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) fine by its lead European Union privacy regulator over...
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...
EU Lawmakers Pass Landmark Rules to Rein In Tech Giants, but Enforcement a Concern July 6, 2022 By Foo Yun Chee EU lawmakers gave the thumbs up on Tuesday to landmark rules to rein in tech giants such as Alphabet unit...
Tech Giants Could Face Billions in Fines Under EU’s New Content Rules April 25, 2022 By Jillian Deutsch The world’s biggest technology companies could face billions of dollars in fines for breaches of new European Union legislation after...
France Data Privacy Watchdog Slaps €150M Fine on Google for Misusing ‘Cookies’ January 6, 2022 By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS – France’s data privacy watchdog CNIL said on Thursday it had fined Alphabet’s Google a record 150 million euros...