Irish regulator fines Facebook for privacy law violations
Ireland's privacy watchdog has fined Facebook's parent company, Meta, 17 million euros, or about $19 million, for violating Europe's privacy law.
Mar 15, 2022
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Facebook to implement UK accounts switch after Brexit
Facebook said Wednesday it will switch legal responsibility for British users from its EU base in Ireland to its US headquarters next year in a change sparked by Brexit.
Dec 16, 2020
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Data privacy: Stricter European rules will have repercussions in Australia as global divisions grow
A big year for privacy just got bigger. On July 16, Europe's top court ruled on the legality of two mechanisms for cross-border transfers of personal data.
Jul 31, 2020
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Protecting identities of panelists in market research
News alert: Just because a marketing research company tells survey participants that their personal information will remain anonymous doesn't mean it's true.
Oct 10, 2022
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Most websites do not publish privacy policies, researchers say
Online privacy policies may not only be difficult to find but nonexistent, according to Penn State researchers who crawled millions of websites and found that only one-third of online organizations made their privacy policy ...
Oct 27, 2023
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As US Congress delays on privacy, California law in focus
As US lawmakers head home without agreeing on consumer privacy legislation, a new California law is set to become the de facto national standard, potentially leaving consumers and businesses confused over rules for personal ...
Dec 22, 2019
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Ireland investigates TikTok over child, China data concerns
TikTok is facing two EU data privacy investigations, one into its handling of children's personal data and another over its data transfers to China.
Sep 15, 2021
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Facebook's new ad-free tier could end annoying consent pop-ups, but could also put a price on your privacy
We have reached a key juncture in the debate about online privacy, following Meta's recent decision to offer some users paid-for ad-free access to Facebook and Instagram. The time has come to decide how much we value keeping ...
Nov 15, 2023
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EU regulators wrangle over Twitter data privacy penalty
European Union privacy regulators are wrangling over the penalty Ireland's data privacy watchdog was set to issue Twitter for a data breach, pushing back the case's long awaited conclusion under the bloc's tough new data ...
Aug 20, 2020
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Who is taking and selling your personal data? Washington state lawmakers work to give people more of a say
Washington lawmakers are making another push to pass privacy regulations that govern companies' collection and sale of people's private digital information.
Jan 15, 2020
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