Apple faces likely French antitrust fine for privacy toolCalled App Tracking Transparency (ATT), the feature allows iPhone users to decide which apps can track user activity, helping companies lik...
27 Feb, 2025, 07.49 PM IST
French privacy watchdog to quiz DeepSeek on AI and data protection risksDeepSeek will be questioned to check accuracy and examine possible risks to users' privacy.
30 Jan, 2025, 11.26 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
European regulators crack down on Big TechEU regulators probe Big Tech. Apple addresses DMA breaches, Spotify's complaint. Microsoft leaves OpenAI’s board. Meta's consent model, Cro...
11 Jul, 2024, 04.45 PM IST
France fines Amazon $35 million for 'excessively intrusive' monitoring of warehouse staffThe French Data Protection Authority, also known by its acronym CNIL, said the system allowed managers at Amazon France Logistique to track...
23 Jan, 2024, 09.39 PM IST
French data watchdog imposes 10 million euro fine on Yahoo! over cookie policyConcerning Yahoo!'s e-mail client, the CNIL found users could not withdraw their consent for cookies without giving up their access to the ...
19 Jan, 2024, 09.10 AM IST
Worldcoin Paris office checked by French data watchdogWorldcoin requires users to provide their iris scans in exchange for a digital ID and, in some countries, in exchange for free cryptocurren...
01 Sep, 2023, 12.22 AM IST
France's watchdog questions legality of Worldcoin biometric data collectionFrance's privacy watchdog CNIL said on Friday it is aware of ChatGPT-founder Sam Altman's Worldcoin project and that the legality of its bi...
28 Jul, 2023, 09.10 PM IST
Hackers-for-hire are targeting law firms: French, UK watchdogsIn a pair of reports published over the past week, the cyber watchdog agencies of France and the United Kingdom cataloged an array of digit...
29 Jun, 2023, 04.16 PM IST
French antitrust body tells Meta to change conditions for access to ad verificationIn a statement, the competition authority said Meta must publish new access criteria for partners seeking to use its analytical tools to as...
04 May, 2023, 02.22 PM IST
Facebook owner Meta makes antitrust commitments over online advertisingMeta has committed to giving access over a five-year period to advertising inventories and campaign data to so-called advertising technolog...
16 Jun, 2022, 04.56 PM IST
Google to change global ad practices after French watchdog imposes fineThe settlement which also saw Google fined $268 million, is the first time the U.S. tech giant has agreed to make changes to its huge adver...
07 Jun, 2021, 08.33 PM IST
Google, Amazon fined $163 million by French privacy watchdogThe CNIL noted that both companies made changes to their websites in September, yet said efforts were not sufficient to be in line with Fre...
11 Dec, 2020, 04.21 AM IST
French watchdog fines Google 100 million euros for breaching cookies rulesThe regulator found the French websites of Google and Amazon didn't seek the prior consent of visitors before advertising cookies were save...
10 Dec, 2020, 01.54 PM IST
French antitrust regulator fines Apple $1.2 blnThe fine, the biggest ever levied by the French antitrust body, comes at a time of heightened scrutiny on U.S. tech giants by European regu...
16 Mar, 2020, 05.14 PM IST
French court orders Google to display fine for privacy breachGoogle will have to display on its French search page a notice saying it has been fined by the local data-protection watchdog over how user...
07 Feb, 2014, 10.33 PM IST
- France claims success in Google privacy breach
France has become the latest country to hold Google to account over a privacy breach that saw the search engine giant mistakenly gather and...
17 Jun, 2010, 06.57 PM IST