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Win for Amazon as Luxembourg court scraps record $854 million privacy fineThe Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) penalised Amazon in 2021 over its online behavioural advertising practices,...14 Mar, 2026, 06.16 PM IST- Clearview AI faces criminal complaint in Austria for suspected privacy violationsAustrian privacy group Noyb has filed a criminal complaint against Clearview AI, accusing it of illegally collecting EU residents’ photos f...28 Oct, 2025, 01.46 PM IST
- TikTok hit by fresh complaint over data accessOnline privacy campaigners filed fresh complaints against social media giant TikTok and two other Chinese-owned companies on Thursday, sayi...17 Jul, 2025, 02.18 PM IST
- Chinese apps including TikTok hit by privacy complaints in EuropeOnline privacy campaigners said Thursday they had filed complaints in several European countries against six Chinese companies including Ti...16 Jan, 2025, 04.41 PM IST
- Dutch data protection watchdog hits Uber with $324 million fine over driver dataThe Dutch data protection watchdog said Monday it hit ride-hailing app Uber with a 290-million-euro ($324 million) fine over the transfer o...26 Aug, 2024, 02.43 PM IST
- X suspends harvest of EU users' personal data to train its AIThe DPC, which acts on behalf of the European Union, said in a statement that it "welcomes X's agreement to suspend its processing of the p...09 Aug, 2024, 06.52 PM IST
- TikTok fined $379 million for failure to keep children's data safe in EUThe Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined TikTok €345 million ($379 million) for failing to protect children's data on its platf...16 Sep, 2023, 11.42 AM IST
- Privacy activist Schrems files complaints against Google's FitbitAdvocacy group Noyb on Thursday filed complaints against Google-owned Fitbit in Austria, the Netherlands and Italy accusing the fitness tra...31 Aug, 2023, 10.55 AM IST
- Facebook owner Meta breaks privacy rules, Norway regulator tells courtMeta has been fined one million crowns ($94,145) per day since Aug. 14 for breaching users' privacy by harvesting user data and using it to...23 Aug, 2023, 01.32 PM IST
- Digital rights group NOYB challenges Ryanair's use of facial recognitionThe Irish airline, Europe's largest by passenger numbers, says on its website that in order to comply with safety and security requirements...27 Jul, 2023, 07.07 PM IST
- Sweden orders four companies to stop using Google toolSweden's privacy protection agency, the IMY, said it had examined the use of Google Analytics by the firms following a complaint by the Aus...04 Jul, 2023, 11.11 AM IST
- Data is the New CurrencyThe GDPR will levy harsh fines against those who violate its privacy and security standards, with penalties reaching into the tens of milli...19 May, 2022, 11.25 PM IST
- 'FB could be sued by consumer groups' in EuropeFacebook found itself in the dock after the Federation of German Consumer Organisations filed a lawsuit alleging that the social network ha...02 Dec, 2021, 11.56 PM IST
- Microsoft to allow EU customers to process, store data in the regionThe company will complete the implementation of all engineering work needed to execute the plan by the end of next year06 May, 2021, 02.25 PM IST
- Indian IT firms flag GDPR as a 'compliance risk'Depending upon the nature and severity of noncompliance, companies can face fines up to 4% of annual turnover or €20 million, whichever is ...25 Jun, 2018, 11.03 AM IST
- ET View: India must enact a data protection law quicklyGeneral Data Protection Regulation is a new privacy law that gives people more control over their personal data and seeks to punish compani...25 May, 2018, 03.22 PM IST
- Only a third of Indian IT companies ready for EU privacy lawsPotential damages of any breach of privacy of user data from Europe could cost Indian IT firms as much as 4 per cent of their revenue.26 Mar, 2018, 10.15 AM IST
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