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...
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...
France Fines Google $57M for Breaching EU’s Data Privacy Rules Under GDPR January 23, 2019 By Mathieu Rosemain France’s data protection watchdog fined Alphabet’s Google 50 million euros ($57 million) on Monday [Jan. 21] for breaching European Union...
Judge Dismisses Privacy Suit Against Google Over Facial Recognition Technology December 31, 2018 By Matthew Boesler A lawsuit filed against Google by users who said the world’s largest search engine violated their privacy by using facial...
IBM Joins Critics Calling for Regulation of Tech Firms’ Personal Data Use November 28, 2018 By Natalia Drozdiak and Lyubov Pronina International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Officer Ginni Rometty joined a growing chorus of tech executives lambasting web platforms, like...
World’s Largest Tech Companies May Be Violating EU’s New Data Privacy Law July 5, 2018 By Jeremy Kahn Some of the world’s largest technology companies might be breaking the European Union’s new data privacy law, according to an...
Microsoft to Extend EU Data Privacy Rights Globally. Facebook, Google Not Quite. May 24, 2018 By Anick Jesdanun Microsoft promised this week to give users worldwide the same data and privacy rights Europeans will get under new regulations...