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Meta Fined Record $1.3 Billion Over EU Data Privacy Concerns
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has been slapped with a record-breaking $1.3 billion fine by EU data regulators over the transfer of EU data to the US. Meta Hit With $1.3 Billion Fine As reported by The Verge, The EU data regulators have ordered Meta to stop transferring the…
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Epic Has Been Ordered to Pay $245M For Luring Customers Into Fortnite Purchases
Epic Games, the publisher behind the popular battle-royale game Fortnite has been ordered by the Federal Trade Commission to pay a $245 million fine over the accusation that they have lured players into making unwanted purchases in the game. What Has Epic Games Been Accused of? The Federal Trade Commission…
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Intel Demands €593M From EU Over Contested Anti-Competition Ruling!
Back in 2009, an EU commission ruled that Intel had engaged in anti-competition practices and subsequently fined them a monumentally hefty €1.05BN. An amount that, to my knowledge, still remains the biggest financial penalty ever issued within the tech world. – In something that I daresay doesn’t surprise many of…
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Nvidia Fined $5.5M For Deliberately Blurring GPU Sales to the Crypto Market!
It has widely been speculated for quite some time now that when it has come to Nvidia’s end-of-year financial reports, they have always been somewhat deliberately vague about how much money the company has earned through the direct sale of graphics cards to cryptocurrency mining organisations. – This issue first…
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Apple Fined €12m For ‘Misleading’ iPhone Waterproof Claims
It’s well known that Apple smartphones are, generally speaking, a lot more fragile than most consumers would like. Put simply, any fall from more than 12 inches is usually the subject of horror. Particularly so as, like the buttered side of toast, they nearly always seem to want to land…
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Facebook Facing Record Fine Over Privacy Conduct
Facebook Facing Record Fine Last year, the Cambridge Analytica scandal rocked facebook. In it, it was found that Facebook was allowing users data to be sold to third parties without the user’s permission. It was a huge hit to user confidence in the social media site and to date, a number…
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Facebook To Face Potentially Record Setting Fine
Facebook Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal last year, it was revealed that Facebook had been involved in over 87 million users worth of data being shared (without permission) with third-parties. It was, perhaps, the single-biggest controversy that the social media site faced since it’s inception. As you can imagine though,…
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Uber fined £385,000 For UK Customer Data Breach
Uber fined £385,000 For UK Customer Data Breach In 2016, Uber was hit by a pretty major data attack. Hackers were able to obtain the personal details of around 2.7 million UK customers following a successful breach. The breach, however, was not solely based on UK customers with various other…
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Facebook Formally Appeal UK Cambridge Analytica Fine
Facebook Formally Appeal UK Cambridge Analytica Fine The Cambridge Analytica scandal earlier this year has certainly been one of the biggest headaches for Facebook. If you have forgotten the details, it was revealed that a ‘survey’ game utilised on Facebook was found to have gathered and shared users personal data.…
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UK Watchdog Fines Facebook For Cambridge Analytica Scandal
UK Watchdog Fines Facebook For Cambridge Analytica Scandal Earlier this year, Facebook (and it’s users) was rocked by the news that users data was being shared without their knowledge. The ‘Cambridge Analytica’ scandal, as it came to be known, had quite significant consequences for the company. It even resulted in…
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Yahoo Agree To Pay $50m To 2014 Hack Victims
Yahoo Agree To Pay $50m To Hack Victims While Yahoo is perhaps not the most prominent name on the internet any more, that doesn’t mean that they haven’t been a prime target for many hackers. For example, you may recall back in 2013 where it was found that nearly every users…
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Google Decides To Appeal EU $5BN Fine
Google Decides To Appeal EU $5BN Fine Earlier this year, a European Commission hit Google with a $5BN fine. Yes, that’s five billion Dollars. Just so we’re clear! Why did they do this? Well, it was felt that the parent company (Alphabet) was deliberately breaching antitrust laws in regards to…
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Bupa Fined After Employee Sold Customer Data On Dark Web
Bupa Fined After Employee Sold Customer Data On Dark Web Bupa is, if not the largest, then certainly one of the best-known private healthcare companies in the world. For those of us who are fortunate enough to be able to afford it, it can provide a much more expedient (and…
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France Fine Steam And Uplay For Bad Refund Policies
France Fine Steam And Uplay For Bad Refund Policies Both Steam and Uplay have refund policies based on game purchases through their online portals. They do, however, have rather specific rules to how these are applied. For example, on Steam it’s largely based on how long you have played the…
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Philips Get Fined By EU For Inflating Online Prices
Philips Get Fined By EU For Inflating Online Prices Philips is, without a doubt, one of the best-known brands in terms of home electronics. Be it a hairdryer or a TV it’s very likely that you own at least one of their products somewhere in your home. It seems, however,…
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