EU Privacy Regulator Fines Meta €251 Million for 2018 Breach December 18, 2024 The lead European Union data privacy regulator for Meta fined the social media giant 251 million euros ($263.5 million) on...
Judge Questions Why Facebook May Have Overpaid in Data Privacy Settlement February 11, 2021 By Tom Hals Facebook Inc. may have paid $4.9 billion more than the maximum penalty it faced under a settlement agreement with regulators...
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 Tells Irish Court That It Needs Data Transfer Mechanism to Operate September 21, 2020 Facebook has told Ireland’s High Court it cannot see how its services could operate in the European Union if regulators...
More Questions Raised Following EU Ruling on U.S. Data Transfer Privacy Shield September 10, 2020 By Conor Humphries The key mechanism used by Facebook to transfer data from the European Union to the United States “cannot in practice...
As Many as 40 States Eye Probe of Facebook Over Antitrust, Privacy Concerns October 8, 2019 An estimated 40 U.S. state attorneys general will participate in a probe of Facebook Inc., a source said on Monday,...
Facebook Facing $5 Billion FTC Fine Over Cambridge Analytica Data Sharing July 15, 2019 By David Shepardson and Diane Bartz The U.S. Federal Trade Commission approved a roughly $5 billion settlement with Facebook Inc this week over its investigation into...
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...
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...