The BEUC and its members follow noyb in filing a complaint against Meta's €9.99+/month subscriptions in the EU, saying the tier amounts to charging for privacy
branding it ‘unfair’ and ‘illegal’ Théophane Hartmann / Euractiv : Consumer groups file complaint against Meta's ‘pay-or-consent’ model X: Robert Bateman / @robertjbateman : If Meta's “consent or pay”...
Ireland's DPC fines TikTok €345M after finding the company in breach of GDPR in relation to its handling of children's data and gives three months to comply
most stuff gets fixed with a tap on the shoulder, but the unlawfulness still needs addressing. [image] Caroline Greer / @carolinegreer : The 🇮🇪 DPC decision published today in relation to TikTok focus...
The EU issues Meta a record €1.2B GDPR fine for sending European user data to the US and orders stopping the transfers and unlawful processing within six months
but only for 15 minutes European Data Protection Board : Binding Decision 1/2023 on the dispute submitted by the Irish SA on data transfers by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited for its Facebook service (...
The FTC proposes barring Meta from monetizing kids' data, accusing the company of violating a 2020 order with its privacy program and COPPA with Messenger Kids
In an announcement today, the agency said that, on top of … Jamey Kistner : 🔒 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed changes to its 2020 privacy order with Facebook, accusing the company of f...
Q&A with David Wakeling of Allen & Overy, one of world's largest law firms, on using OpenAI-developed generative AI tool Harvey to write legal documents
Large law firms are using a tool made by OpenAI to research and write legal documents. What could go wrong? Tweets: @robertjbateman , @carnage4life , @stokel , and @gteninbaum Tweets: Robert Bateman ...
Ireland's data regulator says it has received objections from several EU regulators to its plan to block Meta's EU-US data sharing, a reprieve for the company
sparking fears (or hopes) of a summer shutdown of the social media sites. https://www.politico.eu/... Robert Bateman / @robertjbateman : Looks like other DPAs have raised “relevant and reasoned object...
Google plans to auto-delete visits to abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters, weight loss centers, and other sensitive places from users' location history
but don't relax just yet David Lumb / CNET : Google Will Auto-Delete Your Location Data After Visits to Abortion Clinics Chris Smith / BGR : Google will auto-delete abortion clinic visits from locatio...
District of Columbia, Texas, Washington, and Indiana AGs sue Google for allegedly deceiving users to gain access to their location data from at least 2014
it's actually one of several state lawsuits that all contend Google's privacy settings are purposefully confusing, all under different consumer protection laws https://www.theverge.com/... @nytimesbus...
Profile of Johannes Caspar, who was Hamburg's data protection commissioner for over a decade and investigated Facebook, WhatsApp, Clearview, PimEyes, and Amazon
Cathrin Schaer / Wired UK : Tweets: @robertjbateman , @wolfiechristl , @andrejonker , and @samuelstolton Tweets: Robert Bateman / @robertjbateman : Great piece on Hamburg DPA and Johannes Casper. “We...
In a filing, Amazon disclosed EU privacy regulators fined the company a record $888M for violating GDPR data storage rules in a July 16 decision
or 1 in every 169 workers Nathan Ord / HotHardware.com News : Amazon Slapped With Nearly $900 Million Fine Over EU Privacy Violations Marketing Dive : Amazon ad sales jump 87% as company emphasizes ne...