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Meta ordered to pay €479 million to Spanish media outlets
A Madrid court fined the company for unfair competition practices and violating EU data regulations.
A former Facebook lobbyist is now in charge of the EU's Facebook regulator
A former tech lobbyist has been named the head of the Data Protection Commission, which is a regulatory body in the EU. Niamh Sweeney worked at Meta for six years.
EU regulators are once again investigating TikTok over data transfers to China
Only a couple of months after it fined TikTok $620 million, Ireland's data protection regulator is once again seeking to determine if the platform breached the GDPR.
Appeals court confirms that tracking-based online advertising is illegal in Europe
The Belgian Court of Appeal ruled today that the Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) currently used as the foundation for most online advertising is illegal in the EU.
TikTok fined $602 million for illegally sending European user data to China
Regulators say the platform wasn't transparent enough and that it couldn't guarantee the data was protected from Chinese government surveillance.
Ireland's privacy regulator is investigating X's use of public data to train Grok
The country is handling EU rules enforcement because the company has headquarters in Dublin.
TikTok, Temu and more face complaints alleging GDPR violations in EU
Austrian privacy advocate NOYB has launched its first GDPR complaints against Chinese businesses.
EU fines LinkedIn $334 million for violating the GDPR
LinkedIn also needs to show compliance in data processing moving forward.
Clearview faces a €30.5 million for violating the GDPR
The company is accused of illegally obtaining photos to hold in a facial recognition database.
Uber gets slapped with €290 million fine
The Dutch Data Protection Authority has fined Uber.
EU accuses Microsoft of secretly collecting children's data
Noyb accused Microsoft of lacking transparency or protections around collecting children's data in schools.
Spain blocks Facebook and Instagram from deploying election features
Spain has blocked Meta from rolling out election-focused features on Facebook and Instagram in the country, citing data protection concerns. A data protection agency called the company’s planned treatment of user information "unnecessary, disproportionate and excessive."
OpenAI hit with another privacy complaint over ChatGPT’s love of making stuff up
OpenAI has been hit with a privacy complaint in Europe due to ChatGPT’s tendency to hallucinate incorrect data. This information was about a private individual.
France fines Amazon $35 million over ‘intrusive’ employee surveillance
France’s data privacy watchdog organization, the CNIL, has fined Amazon $35 million after investigating an ‘overly intrusive’ surveillance system put in place to watch warehouse workers.
Facebook and Instagram may offer paid, ad-free plans in Europe to sate EU privacy concerns
Meta may add a paid subscription option to Instagram and Facebook in Europe, according to The New York Times. The ad-free tier is meant to address European Union (EU) regulations that have diminished some of Meta’s most lucrative data-collection methods. The company said in April that advertising in the EU made up 10 percent of the company’s total revenue.
Spotify has been fined $5.4 million for violating GDPR data rules
A Swedish regulator has fined Spotify SEK 58 million ($5.4 million) after determining that the company had violated the European Union's data protection rules. The issue concerns how Spotify handles users' right to access their personal data.
Meta hit with $1.3 billion fine over Facebook's EU-US data transfers
The EU says Meta's policy of cross border data flows risks EU citizens' privacy.
The Italian Data Protection Agency gives OpenAI a chance to avoid being banned
The Italian Data Protection Authority published a list of necessary steps OpenAI will have to take by the end of April to lift the current user data ban.
Italy to block ChatGPT over data protection issues
Italy is ordering a block on ChatGPT over concerns OpenAI is mishandling data.
EU vows to get tougher on Big Tech privacy violations
The EU is taking a tougher stance on Big Tech privacy investigations.

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