06.30.2020
Telegram to pay $18.5 million and return $1.2 billion following SEC crypto charges
The company has to return $1.2 billion in investment and pay a $18.5 million fine.
Fine
- 06.05.2020
Sony fined $2.4 million over illegal return policy in Australia
Companies based outside of Australia must still follow the Australian Consumer Law.
- 05.20.2020
Canada fines Facebook almost $6.5 million over 'false' data privacy claims
Canada's Competition Bureau says Facebook mishandled user info. 
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- 03.16.2020
Apple hit with record-breaking $1.2 billion antitrust fine in France
The tech company says it will appeal the decision. - 02.28.2020
FCC proposes token fines for carriers that sold phone location data
The networks allegedly didn't do enough to prevent unauthorized access.
- 02.07.2020
France fines Apple $27 million for slowing down iPhones
It will have to display a notice on its French website for the next month.
- 12.31.2019
Brazil hits Facebook with $1.6 million Cambridge Analytica fine
That's more than double the amount fined by the UK government. - 12.20.2019
France fines Google $167 million over unpredictable advertising rules
Google says it will appeal the decision.
- 11.05.2019
FTC fines AT&T $60 million for throttling unlimited data plans
Customers who signed up for unlimited plans before 2011 are entitled to "partial refunds."
- 10.30.2019
Facebook agrees to pay the UK £500K for the Cambridge Analytica scandal
But it won’t admit that it did anything wrong. - 10.01.2019
SEC fines Block.one $24 million for unregistered ICO worth billions
The company neither admitted nor denied any wrongdoing. - 09.09.2019
FCC wants to fine CBS for using fake emergency alert in 'Young Sheldon'
It proposed a $272,000 penalty for a sound effect that 'resembled actual EAS tones.'
- 07.24.2019
Facebook will pay $5 billion fine for Cambridge Analytica data breaches
The company will also be subject to a new privacy oversight committee. - 07.20.2019
Report: FTC approves a fine for Google over YouTube kids privacy probe
The agency reportedly found that YouTube violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
- 07.09.2019
Marriott faces $123 million UK fine over data breach
The hotel chain allegedly violated the GDPR through lax oversight. - 07.08.2019
UK regulator to hit British Airways with record fine over 2018 hack
The Information Commissioner's Office is showing its teeth.
- 06.05.2019
Google appeals $1.7 billion EU fine over restrictive ad contracts
Antitrust officials found Google tried to muscle rivals out of the market. - 05.14.2019
Facebook's FTC punishment could involve 20 years of oversight
Sources say that the penalty could be announced in a month.
