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 (...
Amazon agrees to settle two EU antitrust cases related to third-party sellers on its platform, won't pay a fine, and will make commitments for up to seven years
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Sources: DuckDuckGo failed to win Google's Q4 auction for placement on Android's default search engine choice screen in big EU countries
DuckDuckGo is among search engines that lost most auctions to appear in system Google built to comply with a 2018 EU antitrust decision Tweets: @ryan_browne_ , @halsinger , @riptari , @stshank , @case...
Adviser to EU court backs Google, says search engines shouldn't be forced to apply “right to be forgotten” beyond the bloc's borders
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Before EU's top court, the EU's executive arm joined Google in opposing expanding “right to be forgotten” beyond EU; a non-binding court opinion expected Dec 11
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Uber must treat drivers as employees and not as independent contractors, UK's Employment Appeal Tribunal rules in appeal case
next stop is the Supreme Court Jamie Rigg / Engadget : Appeal tribunal rules Uber drivers are definitely workers Reuters : Uber loses UK appeal bid to overturn workers' rights decision Rob Davies / Th...
French trial against two Uber execs on six charges including deceptive practices and illicit data storage delayed until February
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