Privacy & Compliance
The Meta-owned communications app is filing a federal court contempt order against NSO.
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The $25 billion award far exceeds a $5 billion fine the Federal Trade Commission levied against Facebook in 2019.
Data Protection
A New Mexico jury has found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections on the platform.
Privacy & Compliance
Google has been fined 403 million euros ($463 million) for breaching the European Union’s strict privacy rules because it mishandled users’ location data.
Privacy & Compliance
TikTok will pay $300 million immediately and another $100 million after an order vacates an earlier consent decree against its predecessor company, Musical.ly.
Privacy
Claims that “Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history” face scrutiny as researchers analyze LinkedIn’s browser extension probing
Privacy & Compliance
Britain’s data privacy watchdog slapped online forum Reddit on Tuesday with a fine worth nearly $20 million for failures involving children’s personal information.
Government
Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: vulnerabilities at 277 water systems, DoD employee acting as money mule, 200 airports exposed...
Compliance
Cyber regulations are where politics meets business – where business becomes subject to political realities.
Privacy & Compliance
Italy’s antitrust authority fined Apple $116 million after determining that operating one of its privacy features restricted App Store competition.
Privacy & Compliance
Powerful companies typically combine traditional lobbying and strategies used by civil society organizations when regulatory pressures threaten their core business model.
Privacy & Compliance
Attaullah Baig has filed a lawsuit against Meta and its executives, accusing them of retaliation over critical cybersecurity failures.
Privacy & Compliance
A settlement has been reached in the class action brought by investors against Meta over the Cambridge Analytica incident, but details have not been...
Privacy & Compliance
The Irish Data Privacy Commission announced that TikTok is facing a new European Union privacy investigation into user data sent to China.
Data Protection
Germany fined Vodafone $51 million for failing to protect user data from partners and unauthorized third-parties.
Data Protection
Signal said the privacy feature is on by default for every Windows 11 user to block Microsoft from taking screenshots for Windows Recall.
Privacy & Compliance
Google has agreed to a $1.375 billion settlement with Texas in lawsuits over location and private browsing tracking, and biometric data collection.
Compliance
EU privacy watchdog fined TikTok $600 million after a four-year investigation found that data transfers to China put users at risk of spying, in...
Privacy
France’s antitrust watchdog fined Apple 150 million euros ($162 million) over a privacy feature protecting users from apps snooping on them.
Government
Public officials and private citizens are consistently warned about hacking and data leaks, but technologies designed to increase privacy often decrease government transparency.
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