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Ireland fines LinkedIn €310 million over targeted advertising
LinkedIn received a €310 million fine from the Irish Data Protection Commission for violating European Union's law related to the processing of personal data for behavioral analysis and targeted advertising.
- October 24, 2024
- 02:17 PM
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Mozilla accused of tracking users in Firefox without consent
European digital rights group NOYB (None Of Your Business) has filed a privacy complaint with the Austrian data protection watchdog (DSB) against Mozilla, alleging the company uses a Firefox privacy feature (enabled without consent) to track users' online behavior.
- September 25, 2024
- 03:40 PM
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Clearview AI fined €30.5 million for unlawful data collection
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) has imposed a fine of €30.5 million ($33.7 million) on Clearview AI for unlawful data collection using facial recognition, including photos of Dutch citizens.
- September 03, 2024
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Uber fined $325 million for moving driver data from Europe to US
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP) has imposed a fine of €290,000,000 ($325 million) on Uber Technologies Inc. and Uber B.V. over GDPR violations.
- August 26, 2024
- 12:29 PM
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X faces GDPR complaints for unauthorized use of data for AI training
European privacy advocate NOYB (None of Your Business) has filed nine GDPR complaints about X using the personal data from over 60 million users in Europe to train "Grok," the social media company's large language model.
- August 12, 2024
- 06:47 PM
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Stack Overflow suspends user for editing posts in OpenAI protest
A recent partnership announcement between OpenAI and Stack Overflow has some members concerned that their data is being used without permission and, when trying to remove their posts, find their accounts are suspended.
- May 08, 2024
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TikTok slapped with $368 million fine over child privacy violations
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined TikTok €345 million ($368 million) for violating the privacy of children between the ages of 13 and 17 while processing their data.
- September 15, 2023
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Google Analytics data transfer to U.S. brings $1 million fine to Swedish firms
The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten - IMY) has fined two companies with 12.3 million SEK (€1 million/$1.1 million) for using Google Analytics and warned two others about the same practice.
- July 04, 2023
- 11:19 AM
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- June 14, 2023
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EU slaps Meta with $1.3 billion fine for moving data to US servers
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced a $1.3 billion fine on Facebook after claiming that the company violated Article 46(1) of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
- May 22, 2023
- 11:04 AM
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WhatsApp fined €5.5 million by Irish DPC for GDPR violation
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined WhatsApp Ireland €5.5 million ($5.95M) after confirming that the communications service has violated the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
- January 22, 2023
- 10:11 AM
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TikTok slapped with $5.4 million fine over cookie opt-out feature
France's data protection authority (CNIL) has fined TikTok UK and TikTok Ireland €5,000,000 for making it difficult for users of the platform to refuse cookies and for not sufficiently informing them about their purpose.
- January 15, 2023
- 10:05 AM
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France fines Apple for targeted App Store ads without consent
France's data protection authority (CNIL) has fined Apple €8,000,000 ($8.5M) for collecting user data for targeted advertising on the App Store without requesting or securing the user's consent.
- January 05, 2023
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Meta to fight €390 million fine for breaching EU data privacy laws
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta a total of €390 million after finding that it forced Facebook and Instagram users to consent to personal data processing for targeted advertising.
- January 04, 2023
- 10:57 AM
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Massive Twitter data leak investigated by EU privacy watchdog
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched an inquiry following last month's news reports of a massive Twitter data leak.
- December 23, 2022
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Meta fined €265M for not protecting Facebook users' data from scrapers
Meta has been fined €265 million ($275.5 million) by the Irish data protection commission (DPC) for a massive 2021 Facebook data leak exposing the information of hundreds of million users worldwide.
- November 28, 2022
- 10:15 AM
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Clearview AI gets third €20 million fine for illegal data collection
France's data protection authority (CNIL) has fined Clearview AI with €20 million for illegal collection and processing of biometric data belonging to French citizens.
- October 21, 2022
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Brave browser to start blocking annoying cookie consent banners
The Brave browser will soon allows users to block annoying and potentially privacy-harming cookie consent banners on all websites they visit.
- September 29, 2022
- 11:07 AM
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Chrome use subject to restrictions in Dutch schools over data security concerns
The Ministry of Education in the Netherlands has decided to implement restrictions on the use of the Chrome OS and Chrome web browser until August 2023 over concerns about data privacy.
- July 23, 2022
- 11:12 AM
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Third-party web trackers log what you type before submitting
An extensive study looking into the top 100k ranking websites has revealed that many are leaking information you enter in the site forms to third-party trackers before you even press submit.
- May 16, 2022
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