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EU accuses Micrsoft 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.
Meta fined $414 million in EU for requiring personalized ads
Meta has been hit with a $414 million fine in the EU for allegedly forcing personalized ads on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users.
EU's 'right to be forgotten' now extends to inaccurate claims about people
An EU court has ordered companies like Google to pull search results about people when they're proven to be 'inaccurate,'
EU confirms multiple ongoing investigations into TikTok data practices
EU regulators are looking into issues such as the possible transfers of data to China and ads targeted at children.
Meta faces $402 million EU fine over Instagram's privacy settings for children
Meta has been fined €405 million ($402 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commission for its handling of children’s privacy settings on Instagram.
EU consumer groups file complaint against Google over 'deceptive' sign-up practices
Consumer groups in Europe have filed complaints against Google for using "deceptive design, unclear language and misleading choices" in its sign-up process.
Leaked document indicates Facebook has little insight into how user data is handled
The report casts doubt on the company's ability to comply with privacy regulations.
Meta fined $18.6 million over 12 GDPR-related data breaches
Ireland's data watchdog received a dozen data breach notifications in 2018.
Italy slaps facial recognition firm Clearview AI with €20 million fine
The company is also banned from using images of Italians in its database
Regulators find Europe’s ad-tech industry acted unlawfully
Europe's data protection regulators have found that the ad-tech industry on the continent has been acting unlawfully.
How a civil rights group is holding Europe's online ad industry to account
Campaigners are urging regulators to take action against a system they feel is on shaky legal ground.
