TikTok EU-China data transfers should be allowed during appeal, Irish Supreme court confirmsTikTok can continue transferring data from the EU to China. This decision comes as the company appeals a regulator's order to stop these tr...
30 Apr, 2026, 03.58 PM IST
EU opens new probe into TikTok data transfer to ChinaAn Irish regulator has initiated an investigation into TikTok regarding the transfer of European users' personal data to servers located in...
10 Jul, 2025, 06.14 PM IST
Irish data regulator opens new inquiry into TikTok over data stored in ChinaTikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, was in May fined 530 million euros ($620 million) by the Irish commissioner over the transfer of Europe...
10 Jul, 2025, 05.03 PM IST
Irish regulator investigates X over use of EU personal data to train Grok AIU.S. President Donald Trump and other members of his administration have criticised EU regulation of U.S. companies and described fines imp...
11 Apr, 2025, 09.03 PM IST
Facebook owner hit with 251 million euros in fines for 2018 data breachThe hack exploited three distinct bugs in Facebook's "View As" feature, which allowed users to see how their profiles appeared to others. T...
17 Dec, 2024, 06.37 PM IST
X hit with Austrian data use complaint over AI trainingThe group led by privacy activist Max Schrems announced that it had filed General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) complaints with authori...
12 Aug, 2024, 08.27 PM IST
X agrees to not use some EU user data to train AI chatbotElon Musk-owned X has said it allows all users to decide if their public posts can be used by the platform's artificial intelligence chatbo...
09 Aug, 2024, 09.44 AM IST
Meta will not launch Meta AI in Europe for nowMeta Platforms postpones Meta AI launch in Europe due to Irish privacy regulator's request on user data from Facebook and Instagram.
15 Jun, 2024, 09.10 AM IST
Top EU data regulator says tech giants working closely on AI complianceDes Hogan, Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland, highlighted the broad powers of national regulators to enforce changes in AI products f...
29 May, 2024, 09.14 AM IST
EU fines Meta $1.3 billion over data transfers to USThe social network giant’s continued data transfers to the US didn’t address “the risks to the fundamental rights and freedoms” of people w...
22 May, 2023, 03.45 PM IST
Irish data regulator warns against rushing into chatbot bans'It needs to be regulated and it's about figuring out how to regulate it properly,' Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) Helen Dixo...
20 Apr, 2023, 04.43 PM IST
Irish regulator has month to make order on EU-US Facebook data transfersEU regulators, led by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) Helen Dixon, have been finalising a ban on the legal tool used by Facebo...
14 Apr, 2023, 09.56 AM IST
Meta cannot run ads based on personal data, rules EU privacy watchdog: sourceThe Irish data protection agency, which oversees Meta because its European headquarters is located in Dublin, has been given a month to iss...
07 Dec, 2022, 08.25 AM IST
Irish watchdog fines Instagram 405 million euros in teen data caseIreland's Data Protection Commission said by email Monday that it made a final decision last week to fine the company 405 million euros ($4...
05 Sep, 2022, 10.06 PM IST
Irish data privacy watchdog fines WhatsApp $266 millionIreland's Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC), which is the lead data privacy regulator for Facebook within the European Union, said the issues...
02 Sep, 2021, 04.48 PM IST
Court allows Irish regulator to proceed with inquiry into Facebook data flows"For the reasons set out in this judgment, I refuse all of the reliefs sought by FBI (Facebook Ireland) and dismiss the claims made by it i...
14 May, 2021, 08.50 PM IST
EU unveils plan to toughen rules for tech giantsThe EU outlined its long-awaited sweeping overhaul of digital regulations while the British government released its own plans to step up po...
15 Dec, 2020, 10.42 PM IST