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Apple, Meta Gave User Data to Hackers With Forged Legal Requests
Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. provided customer data to hackers who masqueraded as law enforcement officials.
Ireland fines Facebook €17 million for 2018 data breaches
The DPC has imposed a fine of €17m on Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (formerly Facebook Ireland Limited).
Google Plans to Curtail Cross-App Tracking on Android Phones
The Alphabet unit plans to continue support of the existing approach for at least two years as it follows Apple in challenging Facebook.
Meta Threatens To Close Facebook And Instagram In Europe Over Data Scramble
Meta has warned it could be forced to close Facebook and Instagram in Europe if it does not find a way to transfer the data from its European users to the US.
Meta sued for £2.3bn over claim Facebook users in UK were exploited
Lawsuit claims company set ‘unfair price’ by taking users’ personal data without proper compensation.
China harvests masses of data on Western targets
Hundreds of projects show that Chinea is gathering data from sites including Twitter and Facebook to track perceived threats.
Nearly 50,000 Facebook users may have been targets of private surveillance
Facebook is notifying nearly 50,000 users in more than 100 countries that they may have been targets of hacking attempts by private surveillance companies working for government agencies
Big Tech braces for breakups as UK opens new era of enforcement
In ordering Facebook to sell Giphy, the CMA has gone further than any other competition regulator in the world.
Irish DPC submits draft decision on inquiry into Instagram
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) submitted a draft decision in an inquiry into Instagram to other Concerned Supervisory Authorities across the EU.
