Facebook to appeal German data decision
Facebook has said it will appeal a decision by Germany’s main competition authority that serves to restrict its collection and […]
German Regulator Says Facebook Can’t Use Data From Instagram and WhatsApp
Facebook “was able to build a unique database for each individual user and thus to gain market power,” says Andreas […]
German Regulator Says Facebook Can’t Use Data From Instagram and WhatsApp
Facebook “was able to build a unique database for each individual user and thus to gain market power,” says Andreas […]
Securities Fraud Claims Get Boost From EU Data Privacy Rules
Investors have filed 14 class actions since January 2018 against companies such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc., alleging […]
Judge rejects Facebook’s no-harm argument
A federal judge on Friday rejected Facebook’s argument that it cannot be sued for letting third parties, such as Cambridge […]
Facebook Faces 7 Data Probes from Irish Watchdog
Facebook Inc. faces seven separate data-protection probes in Ireland as the country’s privacy regulator looks to take advantage of new […]
Apple cracks down on Facebook after it paid teens for access to their data
Facebook paid users as young as 13 to install an app that gave the company access to everything their phone […]
EU data watchdog raises concerns over Facebook integration
Facebook’s plan to merge WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger could raise significant data protection concerns, according to the Irish commission […]
Facebook restricts campaigners’ ability to check ads for political transparency
Facebook has restricted the ability of external political transparency campaigners to monitor adverts placed on the social network, in a […]
Inside Facebook’s fight against European regulation
Dozens of Commission documents show how the tech giant pushed back against rules on issues ranging from copyright to privacy. […]
A Guided Tour of the Data Facebook Uses to Target Ads
More than half of Facebook’s users are unhappy with the major thrust of the company’s business model—surveillance-based advertising. While Facebook […]
EU agrees to fine parties for data misuse in elections
The European Parliament and EU countries agreed, Wednesday, on new election rules according to which European party found to have […]