A look at Europe's growing roster of female data regulators trying to rein in US big tech companies; 50%+ of EU's 30 data regulators are led by women
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The EU General Court dismisses Meta's challenge to EU regulators seeking vast amounts of data in an antitrust case; Meta first opposed the request in 2020
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Ireland's data protection authority is expected to rule on the legality of EU-US data transfers soon, dealing a potential blow to Meta and Google
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The EU levied €1.1B in GDPR fines during 2021, up from €158.5M in 2020, led by the €746M fine on Amazon and €225M fine on WhatsApp
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UK's CMA launches an investigation into whether Amazon and Google are doing enough to crack down on fake reviews and deter sellers from manipulating listings
The CMA launches investigation into fake online reviews. — From: — Case type: Martin Peers / The Information : Tech's New Growth Industry: Antitrust Inquiries The Hill : Hillicon Valley: UK watchd...
Personally identifiable data of 533M Facebook users has been posted online; Facebook says the data comes from a leak that was reported on and fixed in 2019
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Privacy advocate Max Schrems criticizes Irish data protection authority in an open letter for the slow pace of its probes into Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp
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Following reports of Google+ privacy bug, German watchdog says it's opened a probe into the matter, which could have affected as many as 500,000 people
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Google responds to EU allegations that Google skewed shopping search results to favor its own services, saying the revised case “doesn't fit the reality”
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E.U. Opens Antitrust Investigations Into Qualcomm
again Carly Page / Inquirer : Qualcomm faces EU probe over alleged ‘predatory’ pricing Ryan Smith / AnandTech : European Union Opens Up Antitrust Investigation Into Qualcomm Gary Cutlack / Gizmodo : Q...