UK watchdog plans to publish all trading data for London sharesBritain's financial regulator wants to publish all trading data for London-listed shares in a bid to tackle the under-reporting of market l...
09 Feb, 2026, 09.21 PM IST
UK data watchdog contacts Musk's X over Grok AI imagesBritain's data regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office, said on Wednesday it had asked Elon Musk's X to clarify how it was comply...
07 Jan, 2026, 09.32 PM IST
UK launches probe into dominance of Google searchThe investigation might lead to Google getting the "strategic market status", subjecting it to special requirements under new UK regulation...
14 Jan, 2025, 04.50 PM IST
UK regulator criticises Google targeted adverts plansThe UK's data watchdog, the ICO, criticised Google's policy shift allowing "fingerprinting" to track users for targeted ads. This method, u...
19 Dec, 2024, 11.11 PM IST
Facebook-parent Meta settles with Australia's privacy watchdog over Cambridge Analytica lawsuitAustralia's privacy regulator has been caught up in the legal battle with Meta since 2020. The personal data of 311,127 Australian Facebook...
17 Dec, 2024, 09.58 AM IST
Meta to start using public posts on Facebook, Instagram in UK to train AIMeta will use public posts including photos, captions and comments to train its generative artificial intelligence models, it said on Frida...
14 Sep, 2024, 07.49 PM IST
European regulators crack down on Big TechApple, Meta Platforms and Alphabet's Google could receive hefty fines by the end of the year for alleged breaches including disparaging riv...
25 Mar, 2024, 07.51 PM IST
European regulators crack down on Big TechApple, Meta Platforms and Google are set to be investigated for potential violations of the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) that...
22 Mar, 2024, 11.44 PM IST
A look at how European regulators are cracking down on Big TechHere is look at some of the actions taken by European watchdogs to keep a tab on big technology companies.
06 Mar, 2024, 03.43 PM IST
Amazon and Meta settle UK investigations with pledges to refrain from unfair practicesThe Competition and Markets Authority said it accepted the committments from the US tech companies to close the investigations into their o...
03 Nov, 2023, 07.00 PM IST
UK watchdog fines consumer credit rater Equifax $13.4 million for role in cyber breachThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said that in 2017 Equifax's parent company, Equifax Inc in the United States, was subject to one of t...
13 Oct, 2023, 05.14 PM IST
EU antitrust regulators rejected Meta offer to curb use of ad data, sources sayMeta Platforms offered to curb the use of competitors' advertising data for its Facebook Marketplace online classified service in an attemp...
25 Jul, 2023, 10.12 PM IST
UK data watchdog to make enquiries about Sam Altman's Worldcoin crypto projectBritain's data regulator said on Tuesday it will examine Worldcoin, a project by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman where users provide their iris scans...
25 Jul, 2023, 03.18 PM IST
UK watchdog fines TikTok $16 million for 'misusing children's data'The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) estimated that TikTok allowed as many as 1.4 million UK children under 13 to use its platform i...
04 Apr, 2023, 04.20 PM IST
UK data watchdog chief says Facebook must change, calls for more regulationFACEBOOK-PRIVACY-BRITAIN-UK data watchdog chief says Facebook must change, calls for more regulation
06 Nov, 2018, 11.35 PM IST
UK watchdog fines Facebook 500,000 pounds for data breach scandalUK's Information Commissioner's Office concluded that Facebook failed to keep the personal information secure because it failed to make sui...
25 Oct, 2018, 05.20 PM IST
UK regulator Office of Fair Trading finds Diageo-United Spirits deal anti-competitiveOFT said Diageo's acquisition of United Spirits is against competition and may lead to higher whisky prices in the UK.
25 Nov, 2013, 05.47 PM IST