Categories EU Google & Facebook fined for spying on users Posted on Posted onJanuary 8, 2022January 8, 2022By Editor A French privacy watchdog accused the tech giants of making it difficult for users to opt out of tracking their activity … Read More >Google & Facebook fined for spying on users
Categories Business Bank fined for charging the dead Posted on Posted onDecember 2, 2021December 2, 2021By Editor One of Australia’s biggest banks, Westpac, apologized and agreed to pay millions in fines after settling six of seven continuing probes over consumer harm, including charging fees to dead people. … Read More >Bank fined for charging the dead
Categories World Unvaccinated will have ‘miserable, very lonely life,’ top Australian doc warns Posted on Posted onNovember 16, 2021November 16, 2021By Editor The head of the Australian Medical Association in Queensland has issued a dark warning to those who refuse anti-Covid vaccination, saying they not only face fines and fraud charges, but will be separated from the rest of society. … Read More >Unvaccinated will have ‘miserable, very lonely life,’ top Australian doc warns
Categories EU EU court upholds decision to fine Google €2.4bn Posted on Posted onNovember 13, 2021November 13, 2021By Editor The European Commission was right to fine Google €2.4 billion over an antitrust breach, a top EU court ruled on Wednesday, rejecting an appeal by the US tech giant. … Read More >EU court upholds decision to fine Google €2.4bn
Categories Russia Russia fines internet giants like Facebook, Google & TikTok a combined $2.6 MILLION for failing to delete banned content Posted on Posted onNovember 3, 2021November 3, 2021By Editor So far this year, Russia has fined seven internet giants a combined total of $2.6 million for failure to remove prohibited information, including content that promoted the usage of drugs, the country’s media watchdog has revealed. … Read More >Russia fines internet giants like Facebook, Google & TikTok a combined $2.6 MILLION for failing to delete banned content
Categories EU Where it hurts: Poland must pay 1 million euro PER DAY in rule-of-law row with EU, top European court rules Posted on Posted onOctober 28, 2021October 28, 2021By Editor The European Court of Justice has said on Wednesday that it ordered Poland to pay a million euro (around $1.2 million) every day until it brings its judicial system in line with European Union standards. … Read More >Where it hurts: Poland must pay 1 million euro PER DAY in rule-of-law row with EU, top European court rules
Categories UK UK competition watchdog slaps Facebook with £50 million fine for information breach Posted on Posted onOctober 20, 2021October 20, 2021By Editor Facebook has been fined £50.5 million by the British government for breaching an order imposed by the Competition and Markets Authority concerning the tech giant’s purchase of video database company Giphy. … Read More >UK competition watchdog slaps Facebook with £50 million fine for information breach
Categories Russia Facebook could face millions of dollars in fines from Russia for failing to delete banned content, Moscow’s media regulator warns Posted on Posted onOctober 1, 2021October 1, 2021By Editor US tech giant Facebook could be handed steep financial penalties amounting to ten percent of its national revenue after Russian officials revealed they are drafting up protocols against the company for alleged breaches of the law. … Read More >Facebook could face millions of dollars in fines from Russia for failing to delete banned content, Moscow’s media regulator warns
Categories EU EU to seek daily fines against Poland over long-standing grievances with judicial reforms Posted on Posted onSeptember 19, 2021September 19, 2021By Editor The European Commission has announced that it has asked its top court to impose penalties on Poland in the form of daily fines over a long-standing dispute with Warsaw over its judicial reforms. … Read More >EU to seek daily fines against Poland over long-standing grievances with judicial reforms
Categories Russia Russia’s parliament threatens to increase fines for American tech giants after Google fails to comply with country’s internet laws Posted on Posted onSeptember 17, 2021September 17, 2021By Editor Russia’s State Duma has threatened to increase penalties for IT companies if they continue to ignore the injunctions of the country’s media watchdog Roskomnadzor. In recent weeks, Google, Facebook and Twitter have all been fined. … Read More >Russia’s parliament threatens to increase fines for American tech giants after Google fails to comply with country’s internet laws
