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Facebook-Owner Meta Breaking European Data Privacy Rules in Norway, Regulator Says
Meta has been fined one million crowns (roughly Rs. 8 crore) per day since August 14 for breaching users' privacy by harvesting user data and using it to target advertising at them by Norway regulator Datatilsynet.
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Facebook Parent Meta Seeks to Stop Privacy Breach Fine in Norway Court: Details
Meta Platforms will ask a court in Norway on Tuesday to stop a fine the country's data regulator has imposed on the owner of Facebook and Instagram for breaching users' privacy, in a case that could have wider European implications.
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Meta Loses Antitrust Case in Top EU Court Over 2019 German Privacy Breach Checks
Antitrust authorities overseeing firms such as Facebook owner Meta Platforms are entitled to also assess privacy breaches, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Tuesday, potentially handing them more leeway in Big Tech probes.
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Meta Investors Appeal to Revive Cambridge Analytica Fraud Case
Meta Platforms investors formally asked a US appeals court to revive a proposed class action accusing the Facebook parent of concealing a serious privacy breach that let a political consulting firm harvest users' personal information. The request came during oral arguments on Wednesday before the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ...
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Google Faces Administrative Case in Russia for Breaching Personal Data Law
Russia has opened an administrative case against Google for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory, a move that could see the tech giant fined, communications regulator Roskomnadzor said.
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CBI Files Case Against Cambridge Analytica For Facebook Data Theft
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a case against UK-based political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica for the alleged illegal harvesting of personal data of 5.62 lakh Indian Facebook users. The agency has also named Global Science Research (GSRL), another company based out of that country, in the same case.
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Mark Zuckerberg Sees "Progress" For Facebook After A Controversial 2018
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said Friday the world's biggest social network has "fundamentally" changed to focus on securing its systems against manipulation and misinformation.
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Users Gave Permission To Companies To Access Data: Facebook
Facebook Inc said it did not give companies access to personal data of users without their permission, after the New York Times reported on Tuesday that the social network allowed some tech giants far greater access to data than it had disclosed.
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CBI Said to Have Written to Facebook, Cambridge Analytica in Data Breach Case
The agency's moves come in the wake of a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) it registered against the firms after receiving a reference from the Centre to start a probe into the matter on August 8.
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CBI Starts Probe In Cambridge Analytica Data Breach Case
The CBI has initiated a "Preliminary Enquiry (PE)" against British political consulting firms Cambridge Analytica (New York) and Global Science Research (GSR) Ltd, which allegedly illegally obtained Facebook data of Indians.
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Facebook-Owner Meta Breaking European Data Privacy Rules in Norway, Regulator Says
Meta has been fined one million crowns (roughly Rs. 8 crore) per day since August 14 for breaching users' privacy by harvesting user data and using it to target advertising at them by Norway regulator Datatilsynet.
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Facebook Parent Meta Seeks to Stop Privacy Breach Fine in Norway Court: Details
Meta Platforms will ask a court in Norway on Tuesday to stop a fine the country's data regulator has imposed on the owner of Facebook and Instagram for breaching users' privacy, in a case that could have wider European implications.
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Meta Loses Antitrust Case in Top EU Court Over 2019 German Privacy Breach Checks
Antitrust authorities overseeing firms such as Facebook owner Meta Platforms are entitled to also assess privacy breaches, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Tuesday, potentially handing them more leeway in Big Tech probes.
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Meta Investors Appeal to Revive Cambridge Analytica Fraud Case
Meta Platforms investors formally asked a US appeals court to revive a proposed class action accusing the Facebook parent of concealing a serious privacy breach that let a political consulting firm harvest users' personal information. The request came during oral arguments on Wednesday before the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ...
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Google Faces Administrative Case in Russia for Breaching Personal Data Law
Russia has opened an administrative case against Google for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory, a move that could see the tech giant fined, communications regulator Roskomnadzor said.
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CBI Files Case Against Cambridge Analytica For Facebook Data Theft
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a case against UK-based political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica for the alleged illegal harvesting of personal data of 5.62 lakh Indian Facebook users. The agency has also named Global Science Research (GSRL), another company based out of that country, in the same case.
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Mark Zuckerberg Sees "Progress" For Facebook After A Controversial 2018
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said Friday the world's biggest social network has "fundamentally" changed to focus on securing its systems against manipulation and misinformation.
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Users Gave Permission To Companies To Access Data: Facebook
Facebook Inc said it did not give companies access to personal data of users without their permission, after the New York Times reported on Tuesday that the social network allowed some tech giants far greater access to data than it had disclosed.
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CBI Said to Have Written to Facebook, Cambridge Analytica in Data Breach Case
The agency's moves come in the wake of a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) it registered against the firms after receiving a reference from the Centre to start a probe into the matter on August 8.
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CBI Starts Probe In Cambridge Analytica Data Breach Case
The CBI has initiated a "Preliminary Enquiry (PE)" against British political consulting firms Cambridge Analytica (New York) and Global Science Research (GSR) Ltd, which allegedly illegally obtained Facebook data of Indians.
