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...
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...
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...
Indonesia MPs Grill Facebook Executives on Potential Data Misuse April 17, 2018 By Cindy Silviana A Facebook official apologized to Indonesian members of parliament on Tuesday during a five-hour grilling at a public hearing on...
U.K. Insurance Exec Denies Misuse of His Firms’ Data to Influence Brexit Vote April 17, 2018 By Alistair Smout A prominent campaigner to leave the European Union, Arron Banks, denied allegations on Tuesday by a former employee of political...
Cautious Facebook CEO Tells Congress ‘Details Matter’ On Any Privacy Regulation April 11, 2018 By David Ingram and Dustin Volz Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday told lawmakers that his own personal data was included in that of...