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Meta Fined $253 Million Over Facebook Hacks By Ireland
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Tuesday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw Facebook accounts hacked.
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Facebook-Owner Meta Breaking European Data Privacy Rules in Norway, Regulator Says
Meta has been fined one million crowns (roughly Rs. 8 crore) per day since August 14 for breaching users' privacy by harvesting user data and using it to target advertising at them by Norway regulator Datatilsynet.
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Facebook Parent Meta Seeks to Stop Privacy Breach Fine in Norway Court: Details
Meta Platforms will ask a court in Norway on Tuesday to stop a fine the country's data regulator has imposed on the owner of Facebook and Instagram for breaching users' privacy, in a case that could have wider European implications.
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Meta Asks Norway Court to Halt Daily Fine Imposed by Regulator Over Privacy Breaches
Meta Platforms is asking a court in Norway to stop a fine the Nordic country's data regulator imposed on the owner of Facebook and Instagram for breaching users' privacy, according to a court filing. Meta Platforms will be fined NOK 1 million ($97,700 or roughly Rs. 81 lakh) per day from August 14 over privacy breaches, Norway's data protection aut...
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Norway Regulator to Fine Facebook Parent Meta $98,500 per Day Over Privacy Breaches From August 14
Facebook owner Meta Platforms will be fined NOK 1 million ($98,500) per day over privacy breaches from August 14, Norway's data protection authority told Reuters on Monday, a decision that could have wider European implications.
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Meta to Be Fined $100,000 per Day Over Privacy Breaches Unless Firm Takes Remedial Action: Norway Regulator
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms will be fined $100,000 (roughly Rs. 82 lakh) per day over privacy breaches unless it takes remedial action, Norway's data protection authority said on Monday, in a move that could have wider European implications.
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Meta Loses Antitrust Case in Top EU Court Over 2019 German Privacy Breach Checks
Antitrust authorities overseeing firms such as Facebook owner Meta Platforms are entitled to also assess privacy breaches, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Tuesday, potentially handing them more leeway in Big Tech probes.
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Meta Faces Record EUR 1.2 Billion Fine in EU Over User Data Transfer to US
Facebook owner Meta has been fined a record EUR 1.2 billion (nearly Rs. 10,750 crore) for transferring EU user data to the United States in breach of a previous court ruling, Ireland's regulator announced Monday. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), which acts on behalf of the European Union, said the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ha...
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Meta Set to Face Record EU Privacy Fine Related to Data Transfer of Facebook Users
Meta Platforms is set to face a record European Union privacy fine related to data transfer of Facebook's EU users to US servers for failing to comply with a warning by a top EU court, two sources familiar with the matter said. The penalty will be higher than the previous record EUR 746 million (nearly Rs. 6,660 crore) fine for Amazon.com, accordin...
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Snapchat Removes Few Children Off Its Platform Every Month in Britain: Ofcom
Snapchat is kicking dozens of children in Britain off its platform each month compared with tens of thousands blocked by rival TikTok, according to internal data the companies shared with Britain's media regulator Ofcom and which Reuters has seen. Social media platforms such as Meta's Instagram, ByteDance's TikTok, and Snap's Snapchat require users...
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Meta Fined EUR 390 Million by EU Regulator, Told to Reassess Legal Basis for Personalised Ads
Meta on Wednesday was fined EUR 390 million by the lead privacy regulator for the European Union and directed to reassess the legal basis on how Facebook and Instagram use personal data to target advertising in the bloc. The company said it plans to appeal the substance of the rulings and the fines imposed by the EU's lead privacy regulator.
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Microsoft Fined EUR 60 Million by French Privacy Watchdog Over Advertising Cookies on Bing Website
Microsoft was fined EUR 60 million (roughly Rs. 530 crore) by the National Commission for Technology and Freedoms (CNIL) for forcing advertising cookies on users on its Bing website. The French regulator said Microsoft's search engine Bing did not allow users to refuse cookies as simply as accepting them.
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Facebook Fined EUR 265 Million by Irish Data Privacy Regulator After Investigation Into Data Scraping
Facebook has been hit with a EUR 265 million (roughly Rs. 2,250 crore) fine by Ireland's data privacy regulator on Monday. The watchdog was investigating the scraping of personal data that was found in a data set from Facebook between May 2018 and September 2019. This is the fourth fine that the DPC has imposed on one of Meta's companies, and the r...
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Irish Regulator Fines Facebook $277 Million Over Data Privacy Breach
Ireland's data privacy regulator imposed a 265 million euro ($277 million) fine on social media giant Facebook on Monday, bringing the total it has fined parent group Meta to almost 1 billion euros.
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Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill Reintroduced, Government Seeks Public Comments on Regulation
The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill was reintroduced by the Government on Friday, as part of the proposed privacy law that will govern the transfer of data to certain countries abroad. The revised draft of the regulation allows the government to specify countries or territories outside India to which entities managing data can transfer person...
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Meta Fined $253 Million Over Facebook Hacks By Ireland
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Tuesday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw Facebook accounts hacked.
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Facebook-Owner Meta Breaking European Data Privacy Rules in Norway, Regulator Says
Meta has been fined one million crowns (roughly Rs. 8 crore) per day since August 14 for breaching users' privacy by harvesting user data and using it to target advertising at them by Norway regulator Datatilsynet.
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Facebook Parent Meta Seeks to Stop Privacy Breach Fine in Norway Court: Details
Meta Platforms will ask a court in Norway on Tuesday to stop a fine the country's data regulator has imposed on the owner of Facebook and Instagram for breaching users' privacy, in a case that could have wider European implications.
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Meta Asks Norway Court to Halt Daily Fine Imposed by Regulator Over Privacy Breaches
Meta Platforms is asking a court in Norway to stop a fine the Nordic country's data regulator imposed on the owner of Facebook and Instagram for breaching users' privacy, according to a court filing. Meta Platforms will be fined NOK 1 million ($97,700 or roughly Rs. 81 lakh) per day from August 14 over privacy breaches, Norway's data protection aut...
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Norway Regulator to Fine Facebook Parent Meta $98,500 per Day Over Privacy Breaches From August 14
Facebook owner Meta Platforms will be fined NOK 1 million ($98,500) per day over privacy breaches from August 14, Norway's data protection authority told Reuters on Monday, a decision that could have wider European implications.
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Meta to Be Fined $100,000 per Day Over Privacy Breaches Unless Firm Takes Remedial Action: Norway Regulator
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms will be fined $100,000 (roughly Rs. 82 lakh) per day over privacy breaches unless it takes remedial action, Norway's data protection authority said on Monday, in a move that could have wider European implications.
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Meta Loses Antitrust Case in Top EU Court Over 2019 German Privacy Breach Checks
Antitrust authorities overseeing firms such as Facebook owner Meta Platforms are entitled to also assess privacy breaches, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Tuesday, potentially handing them more leeway in Big Tech probes.
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Meta Faces Record EUR 1.2 Billion Fine in EU Over User Data Transfer to US
Facebook owner Meta has been fined a record EUR 1.2 billion (nearly Rs. 10,750 crore) for transferring EU user data to the United States in breach of a previous court ruling, Ireland's regulator announced Monday. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), which acts on behalf of the European Union, said the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ha...
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Meta Set to Face Record EU Privacy Fine Related to Data Transfer of Facebook Users
Meta Platforms is set to face a record European Union privacy fine related to data transfer of Facebook's EU users to US servers for failing to comply with a warning by a top EU court, two sources familiar with the matter said. The penalty will be higher than the previous record EUR 746 million (nearly Rs. 6,660 crore) fine for Amazon.com, accordin...
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Snapchat Removes Few Children Off Its Platform Every Month in Britain: Ofcom
Snapchat is kicking dozens of children in Britain off its platform each month compared with tens of thousands blocked by rival TikTok, according to internal data the companies shared with Britain's media regulator Ofcom and which Reuters has seen. Social media platforms such as Meta's Instagram, ByteDance's TikTok, and Snap's Snapchat require users...
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Meta Fined EUR 390 Million by EU Regulator, Told to Reassess Legal Basis for Personalised Ads
Meta on Wednesday was fined EUR 390 million by the lead privacy regulator for the European Union and directed to reassess the legal basis on how Facebook and Instagram use personal data to target advertising in the bloc. The company said it plans to appeal the substance of the rulings and the fines imposed by the EU's lead privacy regulator.
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Microsoft Fined EUR 60 Million by French Privacy Watchdog Over Advertising Cookies on Bing Website
Microsoft was fined EUR 60 million (roughly Rs. 530 crore) by the National Commission for Technology and Freedoms (CNIL) for forcing advertising cookies on users on its Bing website. The French regulator said Microsoft's search engine Bing did not allow users to refuse cookies as simply as accepting them.
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Facebook Fined EUR 265 Million by Irish Data Privacy Regulator After Investigation Into Data Scraping
Facebook has been hit with a EUR 265 million (roughly Rs. 2,250 crore) fine by Ireland's data privacy regulator on Monday. The watchdog was investigating the scraping of personal data that was found in a data set from Facebook between May 2018 and September 2019. This is the fourth fine that the DPC has imposed on one of Meta's companies, and the r...
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Irish Regulator Fines Facebook $277 Million Over Data Privacy Breach
Ireland's data privacy regulator imposed a 265 million euro ($277 million) fine on social media giant Facebook on Monday, bringing the total it has fined parent group Meta to almost 1 billion euros.
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Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill Reintroduced, Government Seeks Public Comments on Regulation
The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill was reintroduced by the Government on Friday, as part of the proposed privacy law that will govern the transfer of data to certain countries abroad. The revised draft of the regulation allows the government to specify countries or territories outside India to which entities managing data can transfer person...
