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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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CCI Imposes Rs 213 Crore Penalty on Meta; Firm Plans to Appeal Decision
The Competition Commission of India imposed a Rs 213-crore penalty on Meta regarding its WhatsApp privacy policy on Monday, and the company expressed disagreement with the decision and said that it intends to appeal. The CCI directed WhatsApp on Monday to desist from sharing user data with Meta-owned applications for advertising purposes for a peri...
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Meta Plans To Appeal Indian Regulator's Rs 213 Crore Penalty Order
After the Competition Commission imposed a Rs 213-crore penalty on Meta in relation to WhatsApp privacy policy, the company said it disagrees with the watchdog's decision and plans to appeal.
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LinkedIn Fined $335 Million Over Targeted Advertising Practices
The lead European Union privacy regulator on Thursday said it had imposed a 310 million euro ($335 million) fine on Microsoft's professional networking platform LinkedIn over its targeted advertising practices.
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EU Privacy Regulator Fines Meta EUR 91 Million Over Password Storage
Meta has been fined EUR 91 million by the lead European Union's privacy regulator for storing some users' passwords without protection or encryption. The company says it took immediate action to fix the error after identifying it during a security review in 2019, and that there is no evidence the passwords were abused or accessed improperly.
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UK's Competition and Markets Authority Remains Concerned Over's Google's Ad Privacy Plan
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) of the UK has said on Tuesday that "concerns remain" over the company's plans to retain third-party cookies as part of its Chrome browser.
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Top EU Privacy Regulator Opens Probe Into Google's AI Compliance
The EU is probing if Google adequately protected the personal data of European Union users before using it to help develop its foundational AI Model.
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AI Can Boost Digital Public Infra But Poses Challenges: RBI Chief
While the integration of AI into financial services brings significant opportunities for customers, banks and regulators, the cutting-edge technology also poses its own set of challenges such as data privacy concerns.
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TikTok Withdraws Rewards Feature From 'Lite' Version In France, Spain
TikTok will permanently remove a feature in a spinoff app in France and Spain that rewards users for watching and liking videos, bowing to pressure from European regulators, the EU and the Chinese-owned company said Monday.
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Meta Charged by EU for Breaching Tech Rules With Its Pay or Consent Advertising Model
Meta Platforms was charged by EU antitrust regulators on Monday for failing to comply with landmark tech rules as they took aim at the US company's newly introduced pay or consent advertising model, already the target of privacy regulators and activists' ire.
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US Regulators Accuse TikTok Of Violating Child Privacy Laws
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has referred a complaint against the popular video-sharing app TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance to the Department of Justice, alleging that they failed to protect the privacy of children.
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Brazil’s CBDC Pilot Reportedly Delayed to 2025 Due to Lack of Privacy Safeguards: Details
Brazil has reportedly postponed the pilot of its Drex CDBC to 2025 as the central bank feels, blockchain privacy solutions are insufficient. The regulator is looking to prevent financial inconvenience to Brazilian nationals. The CBDC is expected to finetune the country’s financial compliance, banking, and tax secrecy regulations.
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Privacy Protected: WhatsApp's End-To-End Encryption Explained Simply
WhatsApp has challenged Information Technology Rule 4(2) of the 2021 IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code).
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Meta Offers to Almost Halve Monthly Subscription Fee for Ad-Free Facebook, Instagram in EU
Meta Platforms has offered to almost halve its monthly subscription fee for Facebook and Instagram to EUR 5.99 from EUR 9.99, a senior Meta executive said on Tuesday, a move that aims to address concerns from privacy and antitrust regulators.
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OpenAI’s Video-Making Service Under Data Privacy Scrutiny in EU
OpenAI faces further scrutiny from Italy’s data protection watchdog over concerns that the firm’s new artificial intelligence video creation system would process people’s personal data. It’s the second time OpenAI has come to the attention of the Italian regulator, which is already investigating possible data violations by the tech company...
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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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CCI Imposes Rs 213 Crore Penalty on Meta; Firm Plans to Appeal Decision
The Competition Commission of India imposed a Rs 213-crore penalty on Meta regarding its WhatsApp privacy policy on Monday, and the company expressed disagreement with the decision and said that it intends to appeal. The CCI directed WhatsApp on Monday to desist from sharing user data with Meta-owned applications for advertising purposes for a peri...
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Meta Plans To Appeal Indian Regulator's Rs 213 Crore Penalty Order
After the Competition Commission imposed a Rs 213-crore penalty on Meta in relation to WhatsApp privacy policy, the company said it disagrees with the watchdog's decision and plans to appeal.
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LinkedIn Fined $335 Million Over Targeted Advertising Practices
The lead European Union privacy regulator on Thursday said it had imposed a 310 million euro ($335 million) fine on Microsoft's professional networking platform LinkedIn over its targeted advertising practices.
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EU Privacy Regulator Fines Meta EUR 91 Million Over Password Storage
Meta has been fined EUR 91 million by the lead European Union's privacy regulator for storing some users' passwords without protection or encryption. The company says it took immediate action to fix the error after identifying it during a security review in 2019, and that there is no evidence the passwords were abused or accessed improperly.
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UK's Competition and Markets Authority Remains Concerned Over's Google's Ad Privacy Plan
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) of the UK has said on Tuesday that "concerns remain" over the company's plans to retain third-party cookies as part of its Chrome browser.
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Top EU Privacy Regulator Opens Probe Into Google's AI Compliance
The EU is probing if Google adequately protected the personal data of European Union users before using it to help develop its foundational AI Model.
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AI Can Boost Digital Public Infra But Poses Challenges: RBI Chief
While the integration of AI into financial services brings significant opportunities for customers, banks and regulators, the cutting-edge technology also poses its own set of challenges such as data privacy concerns.
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TikTok Withdraws Rewards Feature From 'Lite' Version In France, Spain
TikTok will permanently remove a feature in a spinoff app in France and Spain that rewards users for watching and liking videos, bowing to pressure from European regulators, the EU and the Chinese-owned company said Monday.
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Meta Charged by EU for Breaching Tech Rules With Its Pay or Consent Advertising Model
Meta Platforms was charged by EU antitrust regulators on Monday for failing to comply with landmark tech rules as they took aim at the US company's newly introduced pay or consent advertising model, already the target of privacy regulators and activists' ire.
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US Regulators Accuse TikTok Of Violating Child Privacy Laws
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has referred a complaint against the popular video-sharing app TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance to the Department of Justice, alleging that they failed to protect the privacy of children.
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Brazil’s CBDC Pilot Reportedly Delayed to 2025 Due to Lack of Privacy Safeguards: Details
Brazil has reportedly postponed the pilot of its Drex CDBC to 2025 as the central bank feels, blockchain privacy solutions are insufficient. The regulator is looking to prevent financial inconvenience to Brazilian nationals. The CBDC is expected to finetune the country’s financial compliance, banking, and tax secrecy regulations.
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Privacy Protected: WhatsApp's End-To-End Encryption Explained Simply
WhatsApp has challenged Information Technology Rule 4(2) of the 2021 IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code).
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Meta Offers to Almost Halve Monthly Subscription Fee for Ad-Free Facebook, Instagram in EU
Meta Platforms has offered to almost halve its monthly subscription fee for Facebook and Instagram to EUR 5.99 from EUR 9.99, a senior Meta executive said on Tuesday, a move that aims to address concerns from privacy and antitrust regulators.
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OpenAI’s Video-Making Service Under Data Privacy Scrutiny in EU
OpenAI faces further scrutiny from Italy’s data protection watchdog over concerns that the firm’s new artificial intelligence video creation system would process people’s personal data. It’s the second time OpenAI has come to the attention of the Italian regulator, which is already investigating possible data violations by the tech company...
